Incident date: 2015-04-23
NAICS industry code: 321211

An employee was using a pipe to unjam a board in the sander machine. The pipe kicked back, hit him in the jaw, and broke his chin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his chin and jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate