Incident date: 2024-02-16
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was collapsing a basketball hoop for storage. While lowering the shot clock, his right little finger was pinched between the shot clock arm and the backboard support, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Gymnasium and exercise equipment
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high