Incident date: 2017-05-10
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was brushing metal shavings out of a seamer when a metal sliver punctured his right hand. He later experienced hot/cold flashes, nausea, swelling in his right palm, and numbness in his right arm due to blood poisoning, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate