Incident date: 2021-06-04
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee was loading a patient on stretcher into the back of a helicopter when the stretcher collapsed and the employee's left pinky finger was crushed between the stretcher and the ground, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high