Incident date: 2024-12-10
NAICS industry code: 333994

An employee was working in a furnace, tearing out brick from the door jambs. A brick fell from about 5 feet above him and landed on his left middle finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Bricks and pavers  stone and masonry
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high