Incident date: 2025-03-14
NAICS industry code: 423320

At about 2:00 p.m. on March 14, 2025, an employee was setting up a threader machine. When the machine was restarted, a 15-inch Allen wrench (which had been used to tighten the die and was still attached) whipped around and struck the employee's left forearm. His arm was broken and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Threading, tapping machinery
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate