Incident date: 2022-08-16
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was using a sledgehammer to help remove an aluminum cast from a mold. During a swing of the hammer, his left hand slipped down its shaft and his index finger was caught between the head of the hammer and the mold. He suffered an amputation to the finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high