Incident date: 2020-06-05
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee used a hook to pry up a cast iron manhole cover to check if water was flowing through the drain system. The cover slipped from the hook and fell on his right middle fingertip, causing an amputation that included bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high