Incident date: 2021-01-29
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were loading material that had been dismantled from a hoist onto a truck at the loading dock using a pallet jack. While the material was being transported by the pallet jack, the load shifted and one of the employee's left middle fingertip was caught between two hoist poles and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high