Incident date: 2023-05-03
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was disposing of a switch when her left thumb was caught and amputated between the equipment and the container. The employee's thumb was surgically reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high