Incident date: 2025-03-11
NAICS industry code: 921110

An employee was using a manual T-post pounder to drive in a 6-foot steel post. The employee had struck the post several times. On the last strike, the post pounder came off the post. When he brought the pounder down for the strike, his left thumb was crushed between the top of the post and the post pounder's handle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Striking and nailing handtools  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate