Incident date: 2017-08-21
NAICS industry code: 332117

An employee was operating a scissor lift to raise pipes near the ceiling. His hand was on the rail of the scissor lift when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between a piece of electrical conduit and the scissor lift railing.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high