Incident date: 2025-08-06
NAICS industry code: 321918

On August 6, 2025, at 1:10 PM, an employee was watching the process of the load off machine when metal dunnage became lodged in the push mechanism. The employee went to free it and pushed the dunnage into the metal stacker beam, resulting in amputation of their left little finger up to the knuckle. They also sustained a laceration to the ring finger that resulted in medical amputation at the second digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Material handling and warehousing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high