Incident date: 2022-09-23
NAICS industry code: 237130

Two employees were transferring a 90- to 100-pound jack hammer from one vehicle to another. The hammer slipped from an employee's hand and fell on the other employee's right hand. The employee's thumb was caught and amputated between the hammer and one of the vehicles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Jackhammers-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high