Incident date: 2024-09-10
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee hosed down the floor and then used his hands to squeegee the floor when a metal sliver got stuck in their finger, resulting in a puncture wound that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate