Incident date: 2023-09-13
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was cleaning the back of a work trailer and went to move a manhole ring and lid that was on a stack of other manhole rings and lids. Their left middle finger became caught between the inside edge of the ring and the outside edge of the lid. The finger was crushed and fractured resulting in amputation of the fingertip and last joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high