Incident date: 2020-01-12
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was attempting to reposition a ride-along pallet jack between steel racking units in a freezer when the pallet jack hit an upright. The employee's hand was outside the steering guard at the time and was caught between the steel upright and the frame of the pallet jack. As a result, the employee's left pinky finger was amputated.

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: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high