Incident date: 2018-08-06
NAICS industry code: 721211

A boat had capsized and 300 pounds of dead fish were on a shoreline. Employees were gathering the dead fish inside heavy-duty trash bags. A fish fin punctured through its bag while being carried by a coworker and struck the injured employee's leg. The employee's leg became swollen and the employee experienced a high temperature, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
code_source: title: Bags, sacks
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate