Incident date: 2015-04-07
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were using a hydraulic lift to put equipment on a truck. The injured employee suffered an amputation when his finger got caught between a metal bar and a hook on the hydraulic lift.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high