Incident date: 2024-04-19
NAICS industry code: 331318

An employee was moving a cabinet using a cart. The cart hit an uneven floor surface and started to tip over. While the employee was trying to stop items from falling, his right ring fingertip was caught between the cabinet and the cart. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cabinets, cases, dressers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high