Incident date: 2015-06-23
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was putting tools into a job box when another employee closed the lid, pinching his left middle fingertip in the handle, resulting in the tip being amputated up to the finger nail. The employee received stitches in the ER and was released on the same day.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high