Incident date: 2016-08-17
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was holding a stake in place while a coworker used a sledgehammer to strike it in place for forming. The employee lost his balance and held onto the stake at the same time that it was being struck by the sledgehammer. The sledgehammer struck and broke his left index finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate