Incident date: 2023-02-25
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was performing maintenance on an automated pallet freight machine when the photo eye/reflector was activated, causing stored energy to release and the machine to move. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Other material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high