Incident date: 2022-07-11
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was placing a bottom shelf into pallet racking. The front right edge of the shelf hung up on the racking upright. The employee used a makeshift pry bar to pry it loose. When the shelf fell, pinching his left middle finger against the upright crossbar and amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high