Incident date: 2015-01-22
NAICS industry code: 211111

Employee was using a 10 lb. sledge hammer to tighten a hammer union.  The employee missed and caught his right index finger between the handle of the hammer and a valve handle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high