Incident date: 2017-04-04
NAICS industry code: 326111

An employee was using a manual paper cutter and aligning the material to be cut when the cutter arm fell and lacerated the employee's left hand middle finger. The fingertip was amputated in order to close the wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high