Incident date: 2024-03-21
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was repairing a garage door that had come off track and was stuck. While repairing the cable for the door, the spring tension released and the door and/or cable caused an amputation of the right little fingertip at the distal knuckle and a laceration to the ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Doors  rail mounted and garage
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high