Incident date: 2020-10-14
NAICS industry code: 236118

An employee was working from a scissor lift, programming transmitters for the drive motor of an overhead door. The remote transmitter in his sweatshirt pocket activated the motor. His left index finger was caught in the exposed chains and sprockets, and was amputated at the distal joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Garage doors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high