Incident date: 2016-02-16
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was lowering a scissor lift with the remote control. His left thumb got pinched in the lift resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high