Incident date: 2018-02-27
NAICS industry code: 621910

An employee was transporting a patient on a stretcher when the stretcher collapsed, pinching the employee's fingertip and resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high