Incident date: 2018-10-02
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was hammering 20-penny nails into a header when the second blow glanced off a nail, causing the nail to ricochet off the header and puncture the employee's cornea. Safety glasses were not being worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate