Incident date: 2015-06-18
NAICS industry code: 336310

An electrician at the Ford Motor plant was driving a scissor lift. He stopped the lift to begin work on an electrical panel.  When he stopped the lift it rocked, causing his hand to get caught between the lift basket and the electrical panel.  His left pinky finger was crushed resulting in the amputation of the 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