Incident date: 2016-05-23
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was holding on to the basket of the aerial lift. The employee's left middle finger was crushed between the lift rail and a piece of steel resulting in the amputation of the fingertip below the first knuckle.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high