Incident date: 2015-02-20
NAICS industry code: 213112

On 20 February 2015, at approximately 1100hrs, employee was holding a pin that was being hammered by a third-party employee. His right, middle distal phalanx was struck by the hammer and crushed. The employee was taken to Midland Memorial Hospital. The distal phalanx was surgically removed on 23 February 2015 during an outpatient procedure.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high