Incident date: 2017-11-09
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee pushed the button to start an oven's purge cycle when a metal plate came flying off the furnace and struck the employee's head/face. The employee suffered lacerations, a broken jaw, and missing teeth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate