Incident date: 2015-10-21
NAICS industry code: 424440

An employee was cutting straps from boxes at the loading dock with a knife. The employee's hand slipped and he cut himself in the lower, right abdomen.  The employee was hospitalized for treatment of small perforations in the small intestine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate