Incident date: 2023-07-29
NAICS industry code: 326121

An employee was working to hang an adapter on a line in a building. They held the adapter in one hand and held a clamp in the other hand. As the employee was lifting the adapter into the cradle, the adapter slipped from the employee's hand and fell, causing their right hand to be crushed between the clamp and the adapter. The employee sustained a closed fracture of the right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate