Incident date: 2020-12-29
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was removing lumber from a steel beam with a claw hammer. A metal sliver flew into the employee's right eye, causing an injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

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