Losing a finger on the job is more than a painful injury—it’s a life-altering event that can disrupt your livelihood, limit your independence, and leave you facing a long and uncertain recovery.

A 36-year-old woman presents to a hospital wound care department in Japan, sometime after an accident where she lost the tip of her right third finger -- the finger was crushed in a thick iron door ...

Look, no one wants to lose a finger, but it happens more often than you'd think. And when it does, the stakes are naturally high, since fingers and thumbs are critical for nearly every task we do.