Incident date: 2022-08-11
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was trying to change the electric motor on a hospital bed. The bed collapsed as he removed the motor, and its frame crushed his thumb. He suffered an open fracture to the thumb, with tendon damage, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Beds, mattresses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate