Incident date: 2025-08-22
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was offloading tools from a van and walking them over to the curb. He lost his footing and fell while carrying a jackhammer. The jackhammer fell and caught the employee's right little finger against the curb. The employee's finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Jackhammers
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high