Incident date: 2019-01-11
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was cleaning up the shop area with a co-worker. There was a plunger on an I-beam. The employee picked up the plunger, then dropped it. The employee tried to catch it, and his right hand was caught between the plunger and a metal pipe stand. The employee sustained a laceration, torn tendon, and fracture to the middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate