Incident date: 2024-10-19
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was pushing a tugger cart used to load and unload packages while another employee was pulling it. Their right ring finger was caught between the tugger platform and the wheel assembly, resulting in amputation of their right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object pushed or pulled by person
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high