Incident date: 2016-07-08
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was operating a standup tram that tows mail carts when the employee's right pinky finger was caught between a tow bar and the connection area. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high