Incident date: 2019-10-08
NAICS industry code: 423830

A temporary employee went to disengage the drum for the woodchipper. When he stepped up to activate the lever, a piece of wood hit his hard hat. He fell to the ground, hitting his face. He was hospitalized with bleeding on the brain and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate