Incident date: 2019-10-01
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating an aerial lift to perform maintenance on a plant lime silo when he made contact with the silo support brace. During this contact, his right index finger was pinched between the top rail of the lift and the support brace, resulting in a laceration and break of the first knuckle.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate