Incident date: 2017-09-16
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was repairing the handle of a pallet jack. The spring in the handle was broken and as the employee started to disassemble the handle, the handle fell and caught his fingers between the frame and handle, amputating two fingertips on the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high