Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 237110

A mechanic was using a hammer to seat a bucket tooth onto an excavator bucket on the jobsite. A chunk of metal flew off the bucket tooth and went under the mechanic's safety glasses and impaled his eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate