Incident date: 2023-08-16
NAICS industry code: 325314

An employee was retrieving a small vent when the vent fell off the shelf and struck the employee in the shin. They sustained lacerations to the leg that severed a tendon.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate