Incident date: 2018-04-22
NAICS industry code: 424470

An employee was backing a powered pallet jack into a spot when his fingers were caught between a rack and the handle of the pallet jack, resulting in a middle finger amputation to the first knuckle.

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: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high