Incident date: 2025-08-13
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was clearing a blocked scrap chute with a spud bar. The piece of stuck scrap came free and fell toward the employee and lacerating the employee's left hand between the thumb and the index finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Chutes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate