Incident date: 2016-09-13
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was pushing a heavy trash bin with a pallet jack when it struck a concrete column, causing the load to shift and crush the employee's finger between 3/4" plywood and the edge of the metal trash bin. His right middle fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high