Incident date: 2025-08-14
NAICS industry code: 236118

Employees were setting a piece of stone backsplash (about 4 by 5 feet) in a kitchen at a residential job site. The piece fell and caught an employee's left middle finger against a countertop. The fingertip, about half to three-quarters of an inch, was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Plates, slabs  concrete and stone
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high