Incident date: 2020-11-16
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was using an electric pallet jack to move an empty chemical tote out of a chemical injection room. The jack's handle struck a full chemical tote, and his left little finger was caught between the handle and the tote. The finger was fractured, with tendon damage that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate