Incident date: 2016-02-02
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was removing bolts from the bottom of a cylinder bottom core when the core fell and struck the employee. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the upper right arm and a fractured right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate