Incident date: 2019-07-18
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was in a baler, attempting to unjam cardboard from a hook. When the cardboard came free, the hook struck the employee in the left side of the head and face. The employee suffered a fractured left jaw and left orbit, as well as a cut under the left eye that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate