Incident date: 2017-08-13
NAICS industry code: 322291

An employee was running a pallet destacker when it jammed. He used a pry bar to free it. When it unjammed, his right index finger was caught between the pry bar and the wood pallets, amputating his fingertip without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high