Incident date: 2025-06-18
NAICS industry code: 452210

An employee jumped off a lift while his left hand was holding a railing. His ring got caught on a hook on the railing, and the hook held onto his ring finger as he was jumping, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high