Incident date: 2025-08-28
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was cutting a histology block with a microtome. The microtome amputated the tip of the employee's thumb, halfway through the nailbed. There was no damage to bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Medical, dental, and surgical instruments and equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high