Incident date: 2016-01-27
NAICS industry code: 711310

On or about January 27, 2016, at 3:25 p.m., an employee was pushing a chair cart when his hand was crushed between the wall and the cart due to the cart's momentum.  His right-hand middle finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high