Incident date: 2016-08-11
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was moving a vat on a vat lift. When he attempted to correct the alignment of the vat, his finger was pinched between the vat and the vat lift, amputating his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high