Incident date: 2017-08-11
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was installing a 6-inch PVC sewer line. As he was holding the pipe, something smashed his thumb against the pipe. He suffered left thumb trauma and a possible fracture, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate