Incident date: 2024-03-14
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was discarding scrap sheet metal into a scrap dumpster when a gust of wind caused a piece to land back on them, resulting in an arm laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate