Incident date: 2022-08-18
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was disassembling a U-joint. The U-joint was in a vise, and the employee was striking it with a ball peen hammer to break it free, when a piece of metal entered the employee's eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate