Incident date: 2017-01-31
NAICS industry code: 332919

An employee was cutting carbon steel metal on a lathe machine. A metal shaving from the cut coiled up and fell into the tee, a fitting used to connect pipe. The material is on a rotating part. A portion of the metal shaving was pushed out of the tee and struck the employee's upper leg above the knee and lacerated it.

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