Incident date: 2016-02-02
NAICS industry code: 327999

An employee was moving a finished part (a pipe) that was coming down the conveyor of the roll former machine. The pipe became jammed, flew up, and hit the employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized with a neck laceration.

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