Incident date: 2022-12-09
NAICS industry code: 541990

A commercial diver was preparing to get into the water to take measurements. Upon jumping in, the employee was bitten by an eight-to-twelve-foot bull shark, resulting in severed muscles and arteries to his left calf. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
code_source: title: Fish, shellfish
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate