Incident date: 2023-04-11
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was pulling wire to install on a pole when their thumb was caught on a block. The employee was hospitalized for a right thumb fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate