Incident date: 2021-01-16
NAICS industry code: 441110

An employee was releasing a stuck safety latch mechanism on an automotive lift. The lift lowered, catching the employee's finger in the mechanism and causing an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Automobile lifts and hoists
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high