Incident date: 2022-09-26
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was using a sledgehammer to close a 2 1/2-inch clamp. His right index finger was caught between the clamp handle and the clamp just as the sledgehammer hit the clamp. The tip of the finger, just before the first knuckle, was crushed and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high