Incident date: 2020-04-09
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was placing a beam using a boom lift. The employee was pushing away the beam when his right thumb was pinched between the top of the lift and the beam. The tip of the thumb was amputated.

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