Incident date: 2022-07-06
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was putting a tissue block in the clamp of a microtome when their left thumb was caught between the block and blade holder stage resulting in partial amputation of the left thumb without nail or bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
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