Incident date: 2024-08-13
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was using a microtome to cut samples for testing in the pathology department when the blade of the microtome partially amputated their left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Medical, dental, and surgical instruments and equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high