Incident date: 2022-12-08
NAICS industry code: 423820

An employee was operating a low-level order picker in an aisle of a distribution center. The employee was passing a co-worker in the aisle when his order picker struck a storage rack. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught between the equipment tray on the order picker and the storage rack, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high