Incident date: 2025-06-26
NAICS industry code: 424910

An employee was changing a stainless steel die in the pellet mill. The die was stuck and the employee used a hammer to loosen and remove it. A metal shard came off the die and struck the employee's abdomen causing a severe puncture wound.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Abdomen  unspecified
severity: moderate