Incident date: 2022-06-28
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee was lifting a 600-pound lab table onto a box truck using a lift gate. The table wobbled and fell over onto the employee's left index finger, crushing it. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Tables, worktables
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate