Incident date: 2017-11-22
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was assembling a store display and was trying to cut the peg board with a utility knife. He applied pressure with his right arm. When the knife went through the board, it broke loose went into his left forearm, lacerating an artery. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Box cutters and razor knives
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate