Incident date: 2021-11-11
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was using a microtome to prepare slides for staining. The microtome blade lacerated the employee's left index finger, resulting in the amputation of part of the fingertip (without bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high