Incident date: 2024-01-23
NAICS industry code: 331421

An employee was using a metal bar tied to a nylon strap attached to a jib crane to tighten a metal ring on a heated extrusion press. The metal bar flew off and struck the employee in the left forearm, fracturing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate