Incident date: 2015-12-21
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee using a sledgehammer to break up concrete struck his knee. The employee was later hospitalized for an infection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Sledges, sledgehammers
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate