Incident date: 2018-11-07
NAICS industry code: 423120

An employee was putting freight away and was cutting open zip ties with a knife. He missed the package and the knife hit his arm, resulting in a large laceration to his left wrist. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate