Incident date: 2024-04-03
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was removing anchor bolts for a lift table when a hydraulic hose was removed and the hydraulic cylinder released stored energy. This caused the table to fall and crush his thumb between two pieces of metal. The employee sustained a partial amputation of his left thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
code_source: title: Jacks
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high