Incident date: 2023-03-27
NAICS industry code: 325311

An employee was using a cordless hammer drill with a hole saw attachment to drill a 3-inch hole into a chemical tank. The hole saw became hung up, causing the drill to kick back at the employee and strike him in the right eye. The employee sustained traumatic iritis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Drills-powered
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate