Incident date: 2016-10-26
NAICS industry code: 237310

On October 26, 2016, at 12:00 p.m., an employee was using a pry-bar to raise the manholes to the level of the new pavement. The manhole cover slipped off of the pry-bar as he was reaching under the manhole cover and crushed the tip of his left middle finger. The tip of his left middle finger with some bone was amputated at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high