Incident date: 2015-09-08
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee felling a tree looked up at the tree being cut. A branch from the falling tree caught his wire safety glasses, knocking them off and allowing a branch to cut his eye. His iris/cornea was detached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate