Incident date: 2021-03-04
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was training a new employee on a thermoforming machine. As the employee was disposing of a roll of plastic scrap, the tail end of the roll struck the employee in the left eye, resulting in a ruptured globe and a traumatic cataract to the left eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Open wounds, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate