Incident date: 2022-08-01
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was measuring the elongation of a pre-stress cable strand. The strand failed under tension and hit the employee's right arm and hand. The hand was injured and two fingers were fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate