Incident date: 2025-05-24
NAICS industry code: 326211

Two employees were replacing a motor on an overhead conveyor. The old motor fell to the floor, causing a piece of the concrete floor to fly up and strike the injured employee in the face, around the eye. The injured employee sustained a right orbital fracture, a zygomatic arch fracture, and a sphenoid fracture. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Construction debris
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate