Incident date: 2025-07-22
NAICS industry code: 423930

Two employees were using a stationary shear to cut scrap metal material into pieces. The injured employee was working as the "picker," standing at the shaker table to remove any garbage or wood from the cut material. Employee 2 was loading material onto the shear for processing. A piece of metal was ejected from the shear and struck the injured employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration to his abdomen. The shear was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Abdomen  unspecified
severity: moderate