Incident date: 2019-05-06
NAICS industry code: 334210

On May 6, 2019, at approximately 3:49 PM, an employee working on a brake press and handling a piece of sheet metal (approximately 2' x 4'). The sheet slipped and lacerated the ulnar artery on his left wrist, just above the glove. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Sheet metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate