Incident date: 2024-04-25
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was adjusting a commercial grill at a restaurant and using a hydraulic platform lifter. They were placing the stovetop back onto its platform when the lift equipment started to roll. The grill then slid, and the employee's right little finger was crushed underneath the stovetop. The employee sustained partial amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
code_source: title: Cooking and food-warming machinery  except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high