Incident date: 2019-04-30
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was attempting to lift a manual pallet jack up 18" with another employee. When setting the pallet jack down on the concrete walkway, the employee's left ring finger was crushed by the bottom of the pallet jack causing a fingertip amputation.

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