Incident date: 2022-07-27
NAICS industry code: 331491

An employee was observing as steel was rolled. A nylon plastic mandrel snapped and hit the employee in the right lower leg resulting in a fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate