Incident date: 2025-06-18
NAICS industry code: 481111

An employee arrived at the office area and went to sit down in a barstool-style chair. Their hand was placed on the bottom of the seat plate for stability as the chair automatically lowered. Their left ring finger was pinched between the seat plate and the lower support, resulting in amputation of approximately a 1/2 inch of the fingertip without bone loss. The fingertip was surgically reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Chairs, single-person seating
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high