Incident date: 2015-06-17
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee, operating a pallet jack, was walking with the jack and exiting a room. While exiting, the employee's hand was pinched between the wall and the handle of the pallet jack, amputating the tip of his left pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high