Incident date: 2019-07-01
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was holding 1-inch by 2-foot stainless steel duct strapping. The strapping spun when a self-tapping screw was set into it; the employee suffered a laceration at the base of the left thumb. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Strapping
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate