Incident date: 2024-08-22
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was sliding an item from a rack onto a dolly. The dolly's gate was still up, so the item could not be pulled onto the dolly. As the employee was lowering the gate with their right hand, their left middle fingertip was caught between the item and the dolly handle. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high