Incident date: 2023-08-05
NAICS industry code: 335313

An employee was in the engineering lab making modifications to a prototype spring-loaded mechanism. The spring mechanism tripped and contacted his left thumb, amputating approximately 1/4 inch of the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Electric parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high