Incident date: 2020-11-16
NAICS industry code: 325182

An employee was removing a damaged boiler door using a chain hoist. The door slipped off the hinge and pinned the employee's left thumb, crushing and partially amputating the tip. The employee was hospitalized and another part of the thumb was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high