Incident date: 2020-12-19
NAICS industry code: 562920

Two employees were processing a bale of mixed plastic bottles and other material for recycling. When the strand of wire was cut, the cut end whipped around and struck the outer edge of an employee's eye. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Abrasions, scratches
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate