Incident date: 2021-07-13
NAICS industry code: 621491

An employee was conducting maintenance on a rotary microtome when the tip of their right little finger contacted the microtome blade, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high