Incident date: 2020-09-14
NAICS industry code: 441221

An employee was helping to stabilize a hydraulic brake that was being lowered to the ground via a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee was holding onto the pallet when it was lowered onto the ground and crushed his right index finger. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high