Incident date: 2023-01-05
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was matching redundant parts in a CNC lathe. A part came out of the chuck, hitting and breaking the guard door glass. The glass struck the employee in the left side of his face, rendering him unconscious and causing him to fall to the floor. The employee suffered skull, orbital, and nasal fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Broken glass, glass chips, or fibers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate