Incident date: 2024-10-21
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was using two hammers to remove a metal stud track. The teeth of one hammer was wedged into the track. The second hammer was used to strike the head of the wedged hammer in order to separate the track and stud. A foreign object entered the employee's eye, causing injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Chips, pellets  metal
code_nature: title: Eye abrasion(s), irritation  except chemical or allergic
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate