Incident date: 2018-02-02
NAICS industry code: 326211

A welder employee was stamping a part number onto the metal rim of a tire with a metal stamp and carbon steel hammer. When the employee struck the metal stamp with the hammer, the hammer shattered and shrapnel struck the employee in the midsection. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to remove the metal pieces.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate