Incident date: 2022-09-01
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was opening packaging on a new water hose for a pressure washer. The employee was using a utility knife to cut zip ties off the packaging when the knife slipped off the zip ties and contacted the employee's left wrist, resulting in a laceration to the wrist that cut an artery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Box cutters and razor knives
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate