Incident date: 2024-05-14
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was installing a guardrail near a power pounding unit when the drive shaft to the unit broke and his hand became caught between the boom on the pounder and the guardrail. This resulted in hospitalization and the surgical amputation of a finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
code_source: title: Pile drivers, tamping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high