Incident date: 2018-06-06
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating a CNC lathe as he polished a part. The part came off the spindle and struck the employee in the forehead and on the left shoulder. The employee sustained a laceration above the left eyebrow requiring stitches and a broken shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate