Incident date: 2018-10-03
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was unloading a concrete floor polisher from a vehicle using a lift gate. While trying to stop the polisher from slipping, the employee grabbed a bar that was a part of the machine's suspension system and it moved, pinching the employee's fingers and causing the amputation of the left index and middle fingertips above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high