Incident date: 2018-05-22
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was hoisting an elevator platform when the rope broke, causing the elevator to fall into the pit. The employee's left index finger was then caught between the elevator platform and the rail (where the elevator moves up and down), resulting in an amputation to the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Elevators
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high