Incident date: 2021-05-14
NAICS industry code: 238390

An employee was hammering rebar using a sledgehammer in order to construct a sidewalk and struck his right index finger causing a fracture and contusion that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate