Incident date: 2017-04-22
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was wearing safety glasses while working on a water tower. When he descended the tower and took off his glasses, he felt debris in his left eye. His eye later began to bleed and felt painful, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate