Incident date: 2019-06-11
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was near a scrap pile. An excavator was pulling metal from the pile when a piece of railing got caught on some scrap, broke free, and went flying. It struck the employee's left calf and lacerated it. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate