Incident date: 2023-03-09
NAICS industry code: 812332

An employee was loading a metal cart full of laundry mats onto a delivery truck. While maneuvering the cart into position to secure it to the truck, the employee's left hand got caught between the cart and the truck bracket resulting in amputation of their left index fingertip.

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