Incident date: 2022-08-31
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using a sledgehammer to drive a barrel pin out of a girder splice. A piece of shrapnel broke off the pin and lacerated the employee's right inner thigh, just above the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate