Incident date: 2022-11-04
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was using a lift table to raise a cover plate into position underneath a railcar. The employee was holding onto the edge of the plate with their right hand when their right index fingertip was caught between the plate and the bottom of the railcar, resulting in an amputation to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high