Incident date: 2017-06-15
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was tearing up drywall from a scissor lift when he tried to move the scissor lift closer to the wall. His left hand was on the scissor lift's guardrail when his left pinky was caught between the scissor lift's guardrail and the guardrail housing, amputating his pinky's first joint.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high