Incident date: 2020-09-02
NAICS industry code: 811118

An employee was replacing a bearing. The employee was using an air chisel to help remove the bearing from the brace when a piece of metal broke off and struck the employee's right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate