Incident date: 2025-07-23
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was using a 2-pound sledgehammer and a large punch to drive a bearing on a skid steer. The sledgehammer missed the punch and struck the employee's left index finger, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high