Incident date: 2023-08-18
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was using a scissor lift to install an overhead canopy onto a structure when their left thumb got caught between the scissor lift and the structure, resulting in an amputation.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high