Incident date: 2019-08-05
NAICS industry code: 327122

An employee was using a router with a diamond bit to cut a granite slab. While the tool was running, the diamond outer shell broke and a piece of the broken router bit struck another employee in the eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate