Incident date: 2018-03-29
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was separating meat from its casing using an air injecting needle when his hand slipped and the needle penetrated his cut-resistant glove. Air was injected into his hand, causing swelling.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Needles, syringes
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate