Incident date: 2022-06-14
NAICS industry code: 541614

An employee was manually helping unload racks that were on a forklift after the strapping system for the racks had failed. As the employee moved one rack, another rack slipped and pinched his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation of approximately 1/2 inch of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high