Incident date: 2015-08-04
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee had a piece of weed eater cord tied around his left thumb while driving a golf cart. The weed eater string became entangled in the wheel of the golf cart, causing a partial amputation of his left thumb below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Ropes, ties, chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate