Incident date: 2018-07-27
NAICS industry code: 333924

On July 27, 2018, an employee was working from an elevated basket platform. The platform lowered and contacted the item she was working on. Her thumb was pinched between the basket and the item, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high