Incident date: 2024-09-02
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was performing repairs on a product elevator when the elevator slipped off the forks of the forklift. The scissor legs of the elevator landed on the employee's left hand, amputating the fourth and fifth digits.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high