Incident date: 2018-08-23
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was in a scissor lift welding a clip angle and needed to reposition the scissor lift for the next weld. While repositioning the scissor lift, his left hand was caught between the top rail and an existing pipe support, resulting in a partial pinky fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high