Incident date: 2022-03-04
NAICS industry code: 423830

A maintenance employee was attempting to repair a vehicle lift using a scissor lift to gain access to a pulley. When his hand was between the cable and the pulley, the cable realigned, dropped into place, and trapped his left hand against the pulley. He suffered an amputation to the left ring finger below the nail.

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