Incident date: 2024-09-26
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was attempting to remove a frozen bearing race from a wheel hub with an impact hammer when a piece of material from the hub flew off and hit him in the eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Eye abrasion(s), irritation  except chemical or allergic
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate