Incident date: 2016-05-02
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee received a partial amputation of the left middle finger when it was pinched between two wood blocks used as braces while attempting to use a pallet jack to lift a paper roll out of the corrugator.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high