Incident date: 2025-08-29
NAICS industry code: 334519

An employee was using a hand tool to cut a mooring line at a marina to demonstrate equipment to customers. The hand tool broke and struck the employee in their left eye, lacerating the cornea.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Cutting handtools  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate