Incident date: 2015-02-16
NAICS industry code: 332116

Employee was operating a powered pallet jack in a congested area with racks.  When the employee pushed down the handle on the pallet jack, to engage the device, the tip of his left index finger was caught between the rack edge and the handle resulting in an amputation injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high