Incident date: 2022-07-13
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was performing a rope replacement job on an elevator when their left little finger got caught in the jaws of the rope gripper. The fingertip was amputated approximately at the middle of the fingernail.

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, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high