Incident date: 2023-06-06
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was installing a plate on the side of a transmission. While holding the plate in place with their left hand, the employee went to seat the plate by hitting it with a rubber mallet. His left middle finger was struck by the mallet resulting in partial amputation of the finger. The fingertip was reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Mallets
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high