Incident date: 2024-07-12
NAICS industry code: 324121

A crew was raising manhole covers when a cover slipped off a crowbar and caught an employee's left middle finger. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Manhole and cistern covers
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high