Incident date: 2018-03-16
NAICS industry code: 321920

On March 16, 2018, an employee was unjamming a pallet. The hand movement triggered the electronic eye to load another pallet and the employee's left hand was caught between the two pallets, resulting in a fracture and fingertip amputation of the fifth finger requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high