Incident date: 2017-11-07
NAICS industry code: 332116

An employee was adjusting a press using a hammer when the hammer struck the employee's hand. The employee's injury became infected, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate