Incident date: 2024-02-13
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee had been driving a tugger. They got out of the tugger and walked around the end of a dolly to pull it into place using the handles on the short end. As the employee pulled the dolly to the designated floor location, their left index finger was pinched between the dolly handle and a structural support column. Their fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle on the first digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
code_source: title: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high