Incident date: 2018-05-03
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was using a horizontal wheel press to push the shaft out of a drum when a 2" nut  that was being used as a spacer was ejected from between the piston and shaft of the drum. The nut contacted the employee's left bicep, fracturing the humerus.

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: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate