Incident date: 2021-08-12
NAICS industry code: 926130

An employee was working in a lift truck bucket, rewiring a transformer service weatherhead. As he repositioned the bucket, his left hand was pinched between it and the weatherhead. His middle finger was caught and amputated.

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