Incident date: 2016-11-14
NAICS industry code: 332311

The injured employee and his coworker were lifting a lid off an installation barrel. When the coworker dropped his side, the injured employee tried to grab the falling lid. The falling metal lid lacerated and fractured his right hand exposing tendons and ligaments.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Container caps, lids, covers
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate