Incident date: 2019-01-10
NAICS industry code: 327212

A temporary employee was sweeping the production floor when a nearby tube cutting machine missed a cut causing a glass tube to miss the landing equipment and strike the employee's left calf. The employee was hospitalized with a puncture wound to the left calf muscle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate