Incident date: 2019-07-01
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was flagging a forklift driver when metal slag broke off a piece of steel being welded and hit the employee in the leg, causing a fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate