Incident date: 2021-10-19
NAICS industry code: 452910

An employee tried to maneuver a pallet jack being steered by a co-worker by grabbing the forks when the forks came down onto the employee's right index finger, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high