Incident date: 2021-05-30
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was maneuvering a product cart with his hands on the sides of the cart. As he was doing so, the employee's left pinky finger got caught between the cart and the edge of a metal guard on a conveyor belt resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high