Incident date: 2018-04-04
NAICS industry code: 238350

On April 4, 2018, an employee was moving material on a pallet jack when a crate of material began to fall over. As the employee attempted to stop the crate from falling, the employee's right pinky finger was pinned by the material, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high