Incident date: 2025-04-18
NAICS industry code: 561612

An employee sat on a stack of three to four chairs when the stack collapsed and the tip of his right ring finger got caught between two chairs, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Chairs, single-person seating
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high