Incident date: 2015-05-19
NAICS industry code: 311111

An employee got his finger caught between the pallet racking and the freeze dryer cart as he guided the cart towards the freeze dryer with a motorized pallet jack. The cart became stuck at the dryer, and he tried to push it into the racking system. His right pinky finger got caught and was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high