Incident date: 2024-07-13
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack to move pallets of dry food products off their truck. While turning the pallet around, their right little finger was caught between the pallet jack handle and another pallet, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high