Incident date: 2019-06-27
NAICS industry code: 488119

An employee was working inside the belly of an aircraft to dislodge a 6,000-pound container. He reached down to release a lock on a container and his thumb was crushed between the container and the lock. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Containers, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate