Incident date: 2018-04-12
NAICS industry code: 112112

An employee was using a knife to cut through the hide of a dead cow for an autopsy when the knife slipped and struck/lacerated the employee's left lower calf muscle. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate