Incident date: 2016-08-04
NAICS industry code: 493110

While using an electric pallet jack to move a pallet between racks in the back warehouse, an employee's right thumb was smashed and partially amputated between the pallet jack handle and a warehouse rack.

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), unspecified
severity: high