Incident date: 2022-11-02
NAICS industry code: 333319

On November 2, 2022, an employee was securing a return recycler pump to a pallet for shipping. As she was lining up a bracket with the dunnage bolt hole of the manufacturer's packaging, the pump shifted and caught her left little finger against the dunnage. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pumps
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high