Incident date: 2015-07-17
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was installing a Bliss Press by securing four tie bolts using a hydraulic torqueing method. One of the bolts blew apart and struck the employee in the left leg. The employee sustained a fracture to his left tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate