Incident date: 2017-03-17
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was bending to pick up a broom that was laying on the floor against the wall in the linen department when a fire extinguisher fell off the wall and landed on his right thumb. His thumb was amputated from just below the thumbnail up.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Fire extinguishers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high