Hazard Alert

Laceration to Jaw

Injury Type: Laceration to jaw
Core Activity: Manufacturing agricultural equipment
Location: Central Plains Region
ID Number: 153
Date of Incident: April 2010
Sector: Manufacturing

Details

A worker was welding a piece of metal, trying to fit the piece into a jig using a hammer when a small fragment came off the metal object and became embedded in the worker's jaw.

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