Incident date: 2016-10-24
NAICS industry code: 336112

An employee was using a driveline tube over a wrench to gain leverage to remove a tie rod end. The driveline tube over the wrench slipped off and hit the employee in the head. The employee sustained a 3" cut requiring stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate