Incident date: 2025-03-17
NAICS industry code: 238990

On March 17, 2025, an employee was reinstalling the top of a fire hydrant. As he was tightening/rotating it, it crushed his left little finger. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with non-running objects or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Hydrants
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high