Incident date: 2025-06-27
NAICS industry code: 339113

A STERIS installer had uncrated a drying cabinet and was working with a STERIS installation specialist to tilt the cabinet up. As the unit was being tilted up, it slid forward, causing both employees to lose balance. The drying cabinet fell on the installer s right middle finger, resulting in an open fracture and amputation of the distal fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Steaming equipment and appliances except fabric presses
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high