Incident date: 2018-05-07
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was testing the humidity in an air handler unit that supplies air to a clinical laboratory. While exiting the air handler, the employee tripped on a 7-inch lip on the step down. The employee fell forward and caught his left index finger between the door and the doorframe, resulting in an amputation of the left index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Trip over an object without fall
code_source: title: Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high