Incident date: 2018-08-09
NAICS industry code: 491110

Three employees were lowering a desk to the ground when the desk fell, crushing one of the employee's right index fingers between the bottom of the desk and a metal floor-mounted outlet box. As a result, his right index fingertip was amputated between the nail and first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Desks
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high