Incident date: 2015-09-04
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was cleaning the shredder with an air wand when the air wand swung back and struck the employee. The employee sustained a laceration from the throat to the ear and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate