Incident date: 2023-11-06
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was loading bundles of linen into the seventh floor linen chute. The spring-loaded door of the chute closed on their left hand and their middle fingertip was crushed. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Chutes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high