Incident date: 2018-02-16
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was using a pocket knife to poke a hole in a jug. The safety latch on the knife was not secured causing the knife to close and lacerate the employee's left index and middle fingers resulting in amputation of the distal portion of the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high