Incident date: 2022-12-21
NAICS industry code: 321999

An employee was working with lumber and went to toss a scrap board into the dumpster. He was holding the board against his side as he tossed the board, causing a 10-inch sliver to catch his skin and puncture the side of his chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object breaking in hand
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate