Incident date: 2020-03-23
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a spudbar/tamping bar to remove asphalt insulation roofing material. As he lifted the bar, his right little finger was caught between it and the metal handlebar of a piece of nearby roofing equipment. The finger was lacerated and broken.

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