Incident date: 2018-10-04
NAICS industry code: 812220

An employee was guiding a vault into a grave when the wire cable suspending it snapped. The cable struck the employee's right hand, causing injuries to three fingers that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate