Incident date: 2017-09-01
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee attempted to get on his pallet truck to go in reverse when the handle swung out and caught his hand between the handle and the steel shelves in the perishable department causing approximately 3/25 inch tip of the pinky finger to be 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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high