Incident date: 2022-05-26
NAICS industry code: 331222

An employee was setting up a wire drawing machine. When he started the machine, it turned on at full speed. The 1/8-inch steel wire in the machine snapped and impaled the employee on the left side of the chest. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate