Incident date: 2018-11-02
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was performing a quality test on some small pipes and was putting the tubes in a hydraulic ram press. A three-inch disc was projected from the press, lacerating and injuring the employee's head. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate