Incident date: 2015-07-20
NAICS industry code: 562111

A maintenance employee using a metal punch struck his left hand with a hammer, experienced swelling and inflammation, and developed an infection that required 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