Incident date: 2024-11-20
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was stripping an underground electric cable with a box cutter-style knife. The blade folded and cut his right index finger at the first knuckle, resulting in an amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Box cutters, razor knives
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high