Incident date: 2023-09-08
NAICS industry code: 321211

An employee was using a hatchet to cut a dangling shoe lace from his boot. As the employee swung the hatchet down, the top of his left thumb was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Axes, hatchets
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high