Incident date: 2020-06-11
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was adjusting the guardrail of an elevated lift platform. The employee was pushing the guardrail up while another employee, who was standing on the lift, was pushing down on the guardrail. The injured employee got his right middle finger caught in a pinch point on the guardrail and sustained a 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