Incident date: 2017-12-14
NAICS industry code: 323111

A temporary employee was setting up a corner board of a manual/hydraulic lift for the next job when his left thumb was pinched between the lift and the base of the lift, amputating his thumb around the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high