Incident date: 2023-04-24
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was loading pallets into a shipping container using a forklift. As he was using a piece of wood to push in a pallet and close a gap, his hand became stuck between the wood piece and the pallet. He suffered a finger injury while removing his hand that required medical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high