Incident date: 2015-01-19
NAICS industry code: 441310

Employee's right pinky finger distal tip was amputated when pinched in an automobile door. The employee was helping to push start a customer's car related to a battery change when the customer closed the car door on the employee's hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Automobile
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high