Incident date: 2024-04-17
NAICS industry code: 531110

An employee was using a drill to tighten a valve stop on a shower valve. The valve stop broke under tension from the drill and struck the employee's face; a 1/2-centimeter piece of metal was embedded in the employee's left eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Surface and flesh wounds  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate