Incident date: 2017-05-30
NAICS industry code: 517919

An employee was installing a fence post for a pole-mounted satellite dish. He was pouring concrete into the hole and mixing it with a shovel when his right middle finger was smashed between the shovel handle and top of the fence post. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Shovels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high