Incident date: 2015-04-15
NAICS industry code: 561730

On April 15, 2015, an employee punctured the middle finger of his left hand while repairing a communications cable that had been damaged while cutting tree roots. His finger swelled and the employee was admitted to hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Electrical wiring-building
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate