Incident date: 2022-11-10
NAICS industry code: 517312

On November 10, 2022, an employee had finished work in a telecommunications manhole. As he was lifting the front edge of the manhole cover onto the raised lip of its metal ring, his left middle finger became caught between the cover and the ring. The finger was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high