Incident date: 2015-02-03
NAICS industry code: 333923

Employee using a sledge hammer to straighten a piece of metal had his grip on the hammer slip. The handle of the hammer then came back and struck his jaw, breaking his jaw and knocking out several teeth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple mouth locations
severity: moderate