Incident date: 2019-09-12
NAICS industry code: 532412

Employees were performing maintenance on a boom lift. While they were disassembling the boom, a piece of the boom fell down and pinned an employee's hand between the boom and a machine, resulting in the amputation of the employee's finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high