Incident date: 2024-05-21
NAICS industry code: 238290

An elevator mechanic was adjusting the elevator brake clearance with a feeler gage used to monitor clearance between the brake shoe and operating shaft. The mechanic was holding the feeler gage in his left hand, and wrenches in his right hand. He instructed a helper inside the elevator to cab up. As the cab went up, his left middle finger got pinched in the elevator hoist cable and the fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high