Incident date: 2021-07-23
NAICS industry code: 562998

An employee was moving a concrete block off a sorting line and into a bunker. The concrete block was positioned on top of a 5-gallon bucket. While moving the block, it dropped 6 inches off the bucket and onto the tips of his right middle and ring fingers. The employee suffered a laceration to his right middle finger and a fracture to his right ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Concrete blocks, cinder blocks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate