Incident date: 2016-02-29
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was holding a 2 x 4 stake while a coworker hit it with a sledgehammer. The coworker struck the employee's right index finger with the sledgehammer, breaking bones in the employee's right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate