Incident date: 2018-03-02
NAICS industry code: 333131

An employee was attempting to remove a bushing from a fabricated piece of steel. The weld failed on the bushing extraction device and struck the employee in the forehead. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to the bones in the forehead, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forehead
severity: moderate