Incident date: 2022-08-16
NAICS industry code: 332311

Two employees were transporting a large worktable. As they were assembling it together, the top moved inward and the injured employee's left thumb was fractured and partially amputated. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tables, worktables
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high