Incident date: 2020-06-20
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was installing a new damper actuator on an air handler unit. He was using a cordless impact driver while working from a step ladder. While driving a self-tapping screw into a bracket, the screw bound up in the bracket causing the bracket to spin. The bracket knocked off the employee s prescription safety glasses and struck his right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate