Incident date: 2024-04-17
NAICS industry code: 481211

A maintenance employee was conducting a pre-flight inspection and caught their left ring finger in the aircraft kickstand while closing the aircraft door, resulting in amputation of the fingertip to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by door, gate, window
code_source: title: Doors, hatches  vehicle and machine cabin
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high