Incident date: 2018-08-07
NAICS industry code: 621511

An employee was cutting paraffin blocks on a microtome when the microtome blade partially amputated the employee's left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Medical, surgical, x-ray machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high