Incident date: 2022-12-05
NAICS industry code: 332999

A maintenance technician was adjusting a tension spring on a robot welding carousel. The technician asked the operator to cycle the rotating table so that he could observe and troubleshoot. As it rotated, the employee was struck by the leg of the robotic welder and sustained contusions and abrasions to the right thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Multiple surface wounds and bruises
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate