Incident date: 2025-07-31
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was hammering a pin into an engine. When he struck the pin with the hammer, the pin shattered and a small piece entered the employee's leg. He was hospitalized and required surgery to remove the shard.

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: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate