Incident date: 2017-02-09
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was performing maintenance on a belt. He placed a 36-inch pipe wrench on the belt while it was out of service. When he turned the belt back on, the wrench flew off and hit him, causing head trauma and multiple facial and nose fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate