Incident date: 2020-12-01
NAICS industry code: 236118

An employee was using a shovel to excavate roots. The blade was positioned under a root and the employee was using the curve of the blade as a leverage point when the handle snapped. The fractured end of the shovel handle struck the employee's face, causing lacerations to the forehead and eye lid, and a 1mm puncture to the eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object breaking in hand
code_source: title: Shovels
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate