Incident date: 2019-10-10
NAICS industry code: 336399

An employee was using a wire-end brush attachment in a pneumatic die grinder to clean debris out of a casting mold. The employee stepped down from a 6-inch raised platform, then felt severe pain in his left knee as soon as it was bearing weight. A 1-inch-long, 0.0104-inch-thick steel wire from the brush had penetrated the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate