Incident date: 2017-09-08
NAICS industry code: 311311

An employee was using a pneumatic chisel to dig though asphalt when the chisel became stuck. He was trying to unstick it when the chisel came loose and caught his right pinky finger between it and the wall, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Chisels-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high