Incident date: 2018-10-04
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was using a 20-ton air jack to lift the front end of a self-propelled telescoping boom. The machine shifted off the jack and pinched the employee's left middle finger between the machine frame and the jack. The employee's left middle finger was partially amputated.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high