Incident date: 2017-12-08
NAICS industry code: 334513

An employee was using a rolling cart to move heavy material stored in a wooden crate. The employee's hand was on the side of the cart while steering it. The employee's finger was then pinched between a metal frame on a door and the wooden crate, amputating the fingertip without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high