Incident date: 2020-11-30
NAICS industry code: 336399

An employee was clearing a bind between a coil of steel and a coil guide. The guide dropped down and its handle struck the employee in the eye. The employee was hospitalized and lost vision in the left eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Blindness, low vision
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate