Incident date: 2020-01-29
NAICS industry code: 722513

An employee was cutting tomatoes with a knife when he hit a hard spot on the sundried tomato, causing the knife to jump and smash down on his right thumb. As a result, his right thumb tip was amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high