Incident date: 2016-07-02
NAICS industry code: 424480

An employee was repairing a garage-type door that was stuck in the open position. The door malfunctioned and a cable had made a loop. His hand was on a railing when the door fell and caught his hand in the loop of the cable. Three of his right-hand fingers were damaged.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Garage doors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high