Incident date: 2018-02-15
NAICS industry code: 713110

Two employees were offloading a truck. The pallet jack fell off the truck to the ground. The employees were setting the pallet jack upright and one employee amputated the right index fingertip when it was caught under the pallet jack forks.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high