Incident date: 2024-01-10
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was using the tip of a knife to pull back the head of a pig when the knife came back through the pig's head and cut the employee's upper arm, resulting in laceration that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Knives
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate