Incident date: 2024-12-27
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was utilizing a hydraulic ironworker machine to punch plates for a structural steel job. A piece of metal came off and punctured his trachea.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Internal neck structures
severity: moderate