Incident date: 2021-04-22
NAICS industry code: 561910

During a tooling change on a piece of equipment, a maintenance mechanic had just removed a heat plate when another employee walked in his direction. He flipped the hot plate toward his chest to keep it from touching the other employee and suffered a pulled or torn muscle in the upper left arm and shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate