Incident date: 2020-12-27
NAICS industry code: 311822

An employee was attempting to remove a safety block from a machine with a pry bar when the pry bar struck the employee in the face, resulting in lacerations to his face and right eye and requiring surgery to his right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate