Incident date: 2018-07-11
NAICS industry code: 424590

On July 11, 2018, at approximately 5:00 PM, an employee was operating a riding pallet jack in the warehouse when the operating handle of the pallet jack went under a racking system. Her right middle finger was crushed between the handle and the rack, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate