Incident date: 2015-11-18
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was stacking pallets and used his left hand to prevent the stack of pallets from falling over.  The employee suffered a thumb tip amputation and compound fracture of the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high