Incident date: 2024-11-04
NAICS industry code: 541714

An employee was using a scalpel to open a package when their hand slipped and approximately one centimeter of their left thumb was amputated by the scalpel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Scalpels
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high