Incident date: 2016-10-27
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was repairing a pallet jack. He lifted the pallet jack by hand. When he went to lower the pallet jack, the wheel mechanism severed his right index finger at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high