Incident date: 2018-06-18
NAICS industry code: 423850

An employee was installing the cylinder of a rebuilt hydraulic lift on a fire truck. The cylinder dropped onto the employee's right ring finger; the fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high