Incident date: 2025-04-09
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was jack hammering the concrete pad below the bridge bearing. The bridge bearing shifted and fell onto the employee's left thumb, resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high