Incident date: 2024-05-16
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was leaning against an exterior door when another door was opened on the interior causing a vacuum to slightly open the exterior door. The employee's right hand slipped into the hinged side of the door. The door then closed on his fingers. The employee sustained an avulsion and partial amputation to the second and third digits, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by door, gate, window
code_source: title: Doors  swinging and sliding
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high