Incident date: 2025-07-24
NAICS industry code: 532283

An employee was working on the tilt actuator of a powered wheelchair in a customer's home. The bolt slipped out of the actuator and the seat assembly fell down onto his right thumb, amputating it at the base of the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine seats
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high