Incident date: 2024-07-12
NAICS industry code: 221121

A manhole cover was being lifted with a screwdriver so that the lifting device's hook could be inserted. The cover slid and came down onto an employee's right hand, causing the amputation of their middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high