Incident date: 2025-07-23
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was hammering a metal collar on a piece of equipment when a small piece of metal broke off and entered their arm and hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate