Incident date: 2017-12-22
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was drilling a mounting hole into a piece of PVC pipe when the pipe shattered. A shard then struck the employee's eye, resulting in a possible eye loss and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Plastic chips, particles
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: high