Incident date: 2024-08-31
NAICS industry code: 322220

On August 31, 2024, at approximately 12:10 AM, an employee was correcting an alignment issue with a stack of pallets that were loaded in the pallet dispenser. His left index fingertip was pinched between the pallet support plates (flapper) and the flapper stop. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Material handling and warehousing machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high