Incident date: 2025-03-11
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was grinding when metal penetrated their eye. The employee had an open wound in the eye that needed to be closed and there was debris to be removed. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate