Incident date: 2024-03-04
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was terminating a cable inside an electrical panel. As the employee used a utility knife to strip insulation from the cable, the knife slipped and severely lacerated their right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Box cutters, razor knives
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate