Incident date: 2016-09-04
NAICS industry code: 221121

An employee was positioning the bucket on an aerial lift when his fingertip was caught between the bucket and a ceramic insulator that was hanging from the pole. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation of the left middle finger (distal phalanx).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high