Incident date: 2017-12-14
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was driving a wooden stake into the ground using a sledgehammer when the sledgehammer missed the stake and hit his right index finger. His index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high