Incident date: 2022-01-18
NAICS industry code: 811191

An employee was trying to fix the alignment of a wheel that was keeping a bay door stuck in the closed position. He was trying to adjust a bracket to manually adjust the wheel when the bracket sprang loose and hit him in the left eye area. He suffered lacerations and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate