Incident date: 2022-11-17
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was working at the saw table to cut metal tubes. Once the tube was completed, the employee removed it. The tube slipped from the employee's hands, causing it to bounce off the floor and strike the employee's left hand. They were hospitalized for fractures of the middle, ring, and little fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate