Incident date: 2024-11-07
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was putting the stopper back in a volumetric flask. Pressure, in concert with a suspected weak spot in the glass, caused the flask to break and amputate the tip of the employee's right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, shards, fibers  glass
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high