Incident date: 2024-12-04
NAICS industry code: 485410

An employee was working underneath a bus and using a pitman arm wedge to loosen the pitman arm. The wedge slipped and pushed his glasses off. The wedge struck his eyeball causing a compression laceration/split to the eye that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object held or wielded by person
code_source: title: Other handtools  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate