Incident date: 2019-07-29
NAICS industry code: 238190

Employees were core drilling into the foundation of a new 
building. When they finished drilling, they tried to pull the 
drill bit out of the machine using two wrenches positioned on 
either side of the drill bit. An employee was attempting to loosen the bit when the 
wrench came loose and struck the employee's right eye, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate