Incident date: 2017-11-02
NAICS industry code: 331525

An employee was cutting gates and risers off brass castings. The employee was operating a metal cutting saw when the blade separated and hit the employee's face shield. The impact caused the employee's safety glasses to hit and lacerate the employee above and below the eye on the right side of the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Saw blades-unattached
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate