Incident date: 2016-05-14
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was moving a glass rack with a pallet jack. While lowering the rack of glass, the employee had the handle of the pallet jack in a vertical position. When the rack was lowered, the employee's thumb was caught and partially amputated between the rack and the handle of the pallet jack.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high