Incident date: 2021-05-26
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was operating a punch press. A piece of fabricated metal broke off and struck the employee in the neck, lacerating it. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to remove the metal shard.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate