Incident date: 2024-08-27
NAICS industry code: 336120

An employee was going on break in the company break area. The employee reached in to move the chair underneath them as they sat down and their right index finger was pinched between the pan of the chair and the frame. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Chairs, single-person seating
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high