Incident date: 2017-09-14
NAICS industry code: 331421

On September 15, 2017, an employee was walking between a tube handling system and a drawing unit when a copper tube impaled the employee's left upper leg, requiring hospitalization. The area between the two machines was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate