Incident date: 2019-09-11
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was using a ratchet to tighten banding on a cart. The ratchet slipped and struck the employee's left cheek and eye area, causing facial fractures and lacerations above and below the eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Ratchet drivers-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate