[boloust]

What you're looking at in the video isn't actually the switch, it's the switch cover.

Behind the cover is a rocker switch that moves the seat, but it's not visible in this video.

It's extremely unlikely just "running into it" was the issue, but accidentally moving the seat in the wrong direction is somewhat plausible, especially if the cover is obscuring the switch.

[danbruc]

You are right, just found a better video [1]. I did not realize that the person was moving their fingers under the cover.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9VkV9RS-PI&t=45s