Incident date: 2025-01-06
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was using a sledgehammer to remove a stuck coupling. A piece of metal broke off, struck his eye, and pierced his pupil. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate