Incident date: 2017-05-15
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was sorting metal pipes on a recycling line. When he discarded a section of pipe into a bunker, the pipe rebounded and struck his left index finger, resulting in a severe laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate