Incident date: 2019-07-10
NAICS industry code: 423320

An employee was changing a tooth on the bucket of an excavator. He was using a hammer and chisel to remove the tooth when a piece of the tooth fragmented and struck him on the left wrist and in the stomach. The employee sustained an internal injury to the stomach resulting in surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate