Incident date: 2023-04-18
NAICS industry code: 238220

At 10:00 a.m. on April 18, 2023, an employee was changing the bit of a battery-operated drill when the drill activated. The drill bit flew into his protective eyewear and bruised his eye. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Drill bits-unattached
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate