Incident date: 2023-09-08
NAICS industry code: 333924

An employee was working to get a bundle of 16-gauge sheet metal from a pallet into a laser. The employee was placing wooden blocks (spacers) between the bundle and the pallet so forklift forks could get under the bundle and lift it. The employee's finger was caught between the bundle and a wooden block, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high