Incident date: 2019-12-06
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was using a vacuum lift to move an air conditioning unit onto a pallet. The unit's metal edge cut the employee's right little finger, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip to the end of the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
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