Incident date: 2025-08-01
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee was turning off a gas valve when he bumped into a die brush and struck the spinning die. The die pin struck him on the back, resulting in contusions, abrasions, and a severe laceration to his back that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate