Incident date: 2022-03-07
NAICS industry code: 621111

An employee was moving a patient onto a CT table. As he lowered the head of the patient's stretcher, his left index finger got caught in the stretcher's handle mechanism when it broke. The fingertip was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high