Incident date: 2023-06-09
NAICS industry code: 811121

An employee was working underneath a vehicle that was on a lift. He was knocking a bolt off with an impact wrench when a piece of metal from the bolt entered his left eye. The employee was hospitalized with an eye injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate