Incident date: 2017-05-01
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a sledgehammer to nail a stake into the ground. When he swung the hammer, it missed the stake and struck his hand, breaking it and requiring 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: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate