Incident date: 2022-02-28
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was offloading a semi-truck using a pallet jack. When he was finished, the employee lifted the pallet jack by hand and his left thumb was pinched in a hole. The employee pulled his hand back, resulting in the nail and tip of his thumb being removed. The employee was taken to the hospital, where the tip of his thumb had to be amputated and reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high