Incident date: 2021-10-20
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was preparing to climb a tree. To set his climbing line, he threw a throw line and throwball in the tree. The throwball got stuck in the tree and he pulled on the throw line to dislodge it when it came toward him and struck him under his right eye. The employee suffered a fractured orbital bone that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate