Incident date: 2022-10-06
NAICS industry code: 236220

Two employees were adjusting a 2-foot by 3-foot, 150-pound catch basin. They had removed the casting, which was sitting half on the road and half on a frame. The casting dropped and crushed the tip of an employee's finger against a brick being used to hold the casting in place. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high