Incident date: 2020-08-13
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was sorting pallets at a pallet sorting machine. The machine's cushion arm returned to the "up" position, and the employee's left middle finger was caught between the cushion arm and a roller. The finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high