Incident date: 2019-10-22
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was performing a procedure on a patient when she cauterized her right index finger near her palm. The next day, she noticed that the injury was getting worse and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to harmful substances or environments, unspecified
code_source: title: Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate