Incident date: 2020-12-09
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was driving a pin into the track of an excavator when the pin chipped and a fragment hit and penetrated the employee's leg, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate