Incident date: 2017-02-22
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee and a coworker were attempting to remove a sewer grate when the grate shifted and pinched the employee's thumb between it and the ground. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high