Incident date: 2024-11-25
NAICS industry code: 311830

An employee was changing out the wire that goes onto the cutter of a corn machine. The employee's hand slipped off the wire and the wire snapped back and struck their right eye causing a puncture to the eyeball and the bottom eyelid.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
code_source: title: Wire, cables nonelectrified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate