Incident date: 2018-11-21
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was helping to remove a manhole cover when the tool used to remove the manhole cover slipped out of the groove, causing the heavy cover to crash down on the employee's finger. The employee suffered a left middle finger laceration that resulted in a fingertip amputation.

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