Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425010

TOWNSHIP OF WEST CALDWELL

Event
Caught Between, Cover, Dropped, Falling Object, Finger, Manhole, Manhole Cover, Partial Amputation, Struck By
NAICS
922120
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345686265
Employer profile
TOWNSHIP OF WEST CALDWELL
Summary number
221425010
Report ID
0253420

Event description

Employee partially amputates finger when struck by manhole c

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on December 7, 2021, an employee was removing a manhole cover with a coworker when the manhole cover hook slipped from the cover causing it to fall back down. The employee's finger was caught between the cover and the manhole. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partial amputation of his right middle finger.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    889

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