Incident date: 2020-11-11
NAICS industry code: 423110

On November 11, 2020, three employees were stacking two crates on top of each other for transport to a mulching station. One employee was on one end and the other two were on the other; when the top crate was pushed toward the single employee, the employee's left index finger was caught, fractured, and partially amputated between the two crates.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high