Incident date: 2023-08-04
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was stringing wire on a wire drawing machine. While looking through the window, the puller chain that is used to connect the wire to the block during string-ups slipped off the wire and broke through the guard door window. The employee was struck in the head, resulting in facial fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate