Incident date: 2025-04-22
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a sledgehammer to drive stakes into the ground to secure PVC conduit. The employee's right index finger was caught between the pipe being driven and the sledgehammer, resulting in a compound fracture of the distal phalanges.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate