Incident date: 2024-10-26
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was was using a hand-held post driver to drive posts into the ground. The employee's left ring finger was caught in the driver, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Drills, braces, drivers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high