Incident date: 2016-03-20
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was operating a pallet jack when her finger became pinned between the handle of the pallet jack and a pallet that was behind her. Her right little finger was amputated at the top joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high