Incident date: 2025-05-19
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was using an edger (planer) to make wooden runners out of scrap wood when the machine kicked back and a splinter of wood flew back and became embedded in the employee's upper left arm. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to remove the splinters.

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