Incident date: 2024-04-23
NAICS industry code: 238910

The injured employee was holding a wood stake with their right hand while another employee used a double jack hammer to hit the stake. The jack crushed his left middle finger against the stake. He was hospitalized and his left middle finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high