Incident date: 2016-12-09
NAICS industry code: 311421

An employee was clearing a fault in the pallet picker when the push bar activated due to a solenoid valve failure and crushed his hand, causing a compound fracture to his left thumb that required hospitalization and surgery.

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