Incident date: 2017-04-12
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was transporting a patient on a stretcher out of a room. In the process, the door handle trapped her pinky finger between the door handle and the stretcher resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high