Incident date: 2019-10-14
NAICS industry code: 332323

An employee was operating a CNC router machine and was drilling holes into a metal part that was loaded into the router. The tool bit in the router machine broke and particles punctured his abdominal area. The particles entered his body and had to be removed surgically.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate