Incident date: 2015-09-11
NAICS industry code: 483112

An employee was using a lashing rod to bend a piece of metal when it sprung backward, struck him in the jaw and fractured it. He fell to the ground where he also sustained lacerations to the head, eye, and neck after contacting the metal deck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate