Incident date: 2021-08-09
NAICS industry code: 562998

An employee was hitting a socket with a hammer to loosen it while a second employee monitored. The second employee grabbed the socket to keep it from falling to the ground and was struck by the hammer, suffering an amputation at the end of the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high