Incident date: 2022-12-06
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was assisting a co-worker with maintenance on an electric roll-up door. The injured employee grabbed the tension release handle and pulled it down. Their right little finger rotated underneath the handle, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Garage doors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high