Incident date: 2015-02-04
NAICS industry code: 311615

Employee was cutting chicken at his work station on the deboning line. The chicken slipped to the floor, and the employee reached to pick it up with knife still in hand. The employee punctured his eye with the knife while picking the chicken up toward himself and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate