Incident date: 2017-07-15
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was handling a metal part as it was being forged in a forging hammer when the part shattered. A hot metal shard shot out of the forging hammer and punctured the employee's abdomen, causing internal damage. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate