Incident date: 2025-07-17
NAICS industry code: 237990

Two employees were hammering railroad spikes onto railroad ties when shrapnel splintered off the metal head of the spike maul. A metal fragment pierced the injured employee's upper left arm.

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