Incident date: 2024-03-23
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was moving around a staged pallet in an aisle on a ride-on pallet jack. During a turn the forks hit a stanchion, causing the pallet to hit the bracket. This resulted in a crushed right little finger that was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high