Incident date: 2020-02-20
NAICS industry code: 713910

An employee was standing next to a mini excavator being used to push PVC pipe under a golf cart path when the PVC pipe shattered. He was struck in the left eye by a piece of the shattered PVC pipe.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate