Incident date: 2020-03-07
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was breaking down storage racks when their right pinky finger was struck by a long-handled sledgehammer. The finger was smashed between the rack and the hammer and required a partial amputation at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high