Incident date: 2023-02-10
NAICS industry code: 331491

An employee was transferring the contents from a tank into the filter press when he was struck in the nose by a piece of the hydraulic pump handle or the swivel piece. The employee then fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a nose laceration as well as head and neck pain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate