Incident date: 2021-05-21
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was standing next to a directional drilling machine when a plastic bracket from the drill struck the employee in the face causing three broken teeth and mouth lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drilling augers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate