Incident date: 2024-07-30
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was using a drywall knife to cut plastic piping for a septic tank when the knife cut his left wrist and radial artery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Box cutters, razor knives
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate