Incident date: 2022-05-10
NAICS industry code: 332996

A mill operator was reducing the size of a tube. When it came out of the machine, the tube bowed, corkscrewed out, and struck his left forearm. The employee was hospitalized for a ruptured artery in the left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate