Incident date: 2021-02-25
NAICS industry code: 332999

On February 25, 2021, an employee was using a shear to cut metal coils when the tape which holds the metal coils in place came off. This caused a coil to spring up, hitting the employee in the right eye. The employee was hospitalized with a cut to his right iris' tissue.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate