Incident date: 2023-08-28
NAICS industry code: 561790

An employee was using a Johnson bar to pry a piece of concrete with the help of a skid steer. When the bar moved, the employee was struck in the mouth by it, resulting in a tooth avulsion and a mouth injury that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate