Incident date: 2024-09-20
NAICS industry code: 236220

The injured employee was making adjustments to a previously driven steel pile. He had his hand above the pile driving machine when the operator leaned forward and bumped the controller, causing the hammer to come down on the injured employee's right hand. The employee sustained a laceration to the middle finger and a fracture to the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Pile drivers, tamping machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate