Incident date: 2022-12-06
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was using a sledgehammer to adjust a metal I-beam. When the employee struck the I-beam with the sledgehammer, his left little finger was pinched between the edge of the I-beam and the sledgehammer, causing an amputation of his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high