Incident date: 2022-10-05
NAICS industry code: 561990

An employee was directing traffic at an intersection. After he asked a driver to stop, the driver got out of his vehicle and attacked the employee with a machete. The second swing of the blade struck the employee's hand, causing a laceration, broken bones, and tendon damage. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
code_source: title: Assailant, suspect, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate