Incident date: 2020-06-19
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed round from an ammunition reloading mechanism he brought from home when the round discharged. Part of the ammunition casing struck his upper arm. The injury required surgical removal of the casing shrapnel from his upper arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Ammunition
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate