Incident date: 2024-06-07
NAICS industry code: 441310

An employee was hammering on an alignment tool for a truck tire when a piece of metal was dislodged and struck them in the eye. The employee was hospitalized with a piece of metal lodged in their eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Eye abrasion(s), irritation  except chemical or allergic
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate