Incident date: 2020-04-30
NAICS industry code: 928110

On April 30, 2020, an employee was removing torque rods from a truck tractor using a 25-pound sledge hammer when the sledge hammer struck his left third finger, lacerating it and requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate