Incident date: 2019-02-20
NAICS industry code: 325181

An employee was using a pallet wrapping machine to wrap product on a pallet. He had turned the machine off and was at the bottom with the wrap when the pallet shifted and knocked him off balance. His thumb was pinched between the pallet and the machine; the tip was amputated to the first knuckle.

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