Incident date: 2024-05-15
NAICS industry code: 236220

On May 15, 2024, an employee was installing piles in a solar field using a pile driver to push metal C-channels into the ground. The hammer crushed their left hand, resulting in lacerations on their hand and fingers that required surgical repair.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Pile drivers, tamping machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate