Incident date: 2023-04-25
NAICS industry code: 332618

On April 25, 2023, at approximately 6:20 p.m., the injured employee was observing his co-workers as they used a chain to the lift the metal lid from a launder machine (a piece of equipment that holds and processes copper). The chain shifted, causing the lid to shift. Copper debris fell off the lid, striking the injured employee and fracturing the right side of their jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate