Incident date: 2015-08-18
NAICS industry code: 561599

An employee was closing the office safe (4 feet by 3 feet) when her left thumb got caught between the safe door (3 inches thick) and the safe door jam. Her left thumb tip and nail were severed.  She was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cabinets, cases-display, storage
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high