Incident date: 2023-04-25
NAICS industry code: 811118

An employee was responding to a work order relating to a machine that was not cooling when the lid of the machine lowered onto the employee's thumb. They sustained a left thumb fracture and partial amputation that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high