Incident date: 2022-10-12
NAICS industry code: 423440

An employee was utilizing an automatic lift table stacking system. The employee manually lowered the lift table using the control panel to retrieve a broken wood board that was severed into two pieces. As the employee reached to retrieve a piece of wood, the lift table started to rise, causing the employee's right hand to become caught between the lift table and the system frame. The employee sustained a fracture to the right little finger and a laceration to the right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Stacking machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate