Incident date: 2018-10-26
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was transferring a load of copper cathode to a furnace when a piece of the cathode slid off a pallet and struck his lower left leg, lacerating it and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate