Incident date: 2023-10-13
NAICS industry code: 237310

Employees were arguing. The injured employee was retrieving a tool when the second employee struck them on the side of the head with a MIG welding gun. The injured employee sustained a fractured skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
code_source: title: Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate