Incident date: 2020-04-29
NAICS industry code: 424820

An employee was removing a wooden pallet from the second level of a metal angle rack when the next pallet came forward. The employee's thumb was caught between the metal rack and the wooden pallet, resulting in a right thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high