Incident date: 2019-06-22
NAICS industry code: 541513

An employee was preparing  to replace wires in a manhole. As he was slicing a cable, the knife slipped out of his hand and cut his finger at the second joint where the finger bends, resulting in a pinky finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high