Incident date: 2023-12-07
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee working on the line was repositioning the chain with a pry bar. When the chain moved, the pry bar kicked back and struck the employee's eye resulting in possible loss of the eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: high