Incident date: 2024-08-27
NAICS industry code: 237310

Employees were setting up a paver for a paving project starting the next day. They were installing the strike-off plate when the plate slid while it was being attached and struck the injured employee's right thumb, amputating the tip of it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine front attachments
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high