Incident date: 2024-08-18
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was unbolting an 8-inch metal sleeve. When all the bolts were out of the sleeve, the sleeve sprung free causing it to come out of the employee's grasp and fall on their left forearm. The piece of sleeve had a sharp edge that cut the employee's left forearm and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Parts and materials  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate