Incident date: 2018-08-29
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing a ground rod with a sledge hammer when the shaft of the handle pulled away from the ground rod, came down, and pinched his right thumb. His thumb was lacerated and required stitches. He was hospitalized after having an allergic reaction to antibiotics.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate