Incident date: 2018-01-02
NAICS industry code: 561320

A temporary employee was running a jackhammer to break up concrete around metal beams when the jackhammer jumped up then came down. The employee's left hand was then caught between the jackhammer and a metal beam, amputating the middle and ring fingers at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Jackhammers-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high