Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 336991

An employee was servicing an automated guided cart, reported to have a hydraulic leak. The cart was on a lift about 6 feet off the ground. The employee reached under the raised platform and disconnected the hydraulic line, at which point the unit came down on their left hand and right index and middle fingers. They suffered a dislocation to the left wrist and lacerations to the right index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate