Incident date: 2025-08-25
NAICS industry code: 561311

A temporary employee was working to free a stuck umbrella from its stand using a vise and pipe. As he used force to free the umbrella, his left hand was pinched between the umbrella post and the vise. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the left little finger that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Vises, clamps
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate