Incident date: 2016-09-07
NAICS industry code: 237990

Two employees were removing form panels from an upper elevation while working from the basket of a lift. One of the employees had his right hand on the basket's handrail, which came in contact with the building's steel beam. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high