Incident date: 2019-10-28
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was assembling a pallet with an air gun. When he fired a nail into the pallet, debris entered his eye, requiring hospitalization and surgery. Safety glasses were not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate