Incident date: 2025-03-13
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was lifting a piece of 8-inch channel (450 pounds) while using a no-touch tool to flip it. His right thumb was caught between the material and the tool, and the tip of the thumb was crushed. The employee sustained a fracture to the left thumb and a laceration that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Gripping and turning handtools  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate