Incident date: 2018-10-23
NAICS industry code: 237110

Two employees were working together to lift a manhole cover. One employee placed a claw hammer in the manhole cover to lift it approximately 12 inches when the hammer slipped. The other employee tried to grab the cover but it fell and amputated his left middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high