Incident date: 2024-06-04
NAICS industry code: 221121

An employee was at the back of a line truck preparing a copper wire for future installation. He was using a hook knife with a 4-inch blade to skin the protective coating on the wire when the hook knife dug into the wire and then cut into the cut resistant glove on his left hand. The employee sustained a soft tissue amputation to his index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Knives
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high