Incident date: 2021-02-05
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was stenciling the side of pallets. His thumb was caught between a pallet and a bar as a pallet was being lowered by the automated stacking machine. The employee sustained an amputation to the right thumb above the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high