Incident date: 2019-01-22
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was using a pipe wrench to loosen a part in a vise. When the wrench moved, the employee's thigh muscles were torn at both knees. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate