Incident date: 2017-05-30
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee and a coworker were attempting to loosen rusted bolts using a wrench and a sledgehammer. The employee was holding the wrench while the coworker struck the bolts with the sledgehammer. As the employee began to stand up, his coworker struck him with the sledgehammer, breaking his left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate