Incident date: 2016-12-16
NAICS industry code: 238150

An employee had just installed a windshield in a vehicle and was putting his tool away. He attempted to use the handle of a scraper to push a plastic clip into the cowl when the handle of the scraper, which had a razor blade attached to it, slipped off and cut his left thumb tendon, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Scrapers-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate