Incident date: 2024-09-17
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when their thumb was caught between the pallet jack handle and a truck resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s)  unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high