Incident date: 2019-12-05
NAICS industry code: 811191

An employee was trying to release the lock on an auto lift to lower a vehicle. The auto lift's locking mechanism caught two fingers on the employee's left hand. The middle finger was medically amputated above the knuckle. The ring finger was crushed but surgically repaired.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high