Incident date: 2019-02-13
NAICS industry code: 238110

The injured employee was part of a wrecking crew removing plywood formwork from a structural concrete deck. He was using a pry bar to loosen the formwork. As he was pushing the pry bar upward, the formwork separated from the concrete and the pry bar slipped upward, smashing his left index finger between the bar and a metal support pole and causing amputation of the proximal joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high