Incident date: 2020-05-04
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was stepping out of a scissor lift when his left ring finger got caught in the metal wire/pins of the scissor lift gate. The fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high