Incident date: 2015-09-18
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was removing shank bone from a ham with a five inch de-boning knife. The knife slipped and struck his left forearm resulting in a 2 to 3cm laceration just below the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate