Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was attempting to remove a manhole lid when it slipped and pinched his left middle finger between the lid and the manhole rim. Skin was removed from his finger (no bone or fingernail loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high