Incident date: 2017-03-21
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee reached into a gang box to get some welding rods. He placed one can of welding rods to the side and set it on another can of rods. He was reaching to grab a 1/8" can of rods when an opened can tipped over and lacerated his ulnar artery with the metal lid.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cans
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate