Incident date: 2019-11-14
NAICS industry code: 541380

An employee was using a ratchet to apply pressure to and calibrate a torque wrench when the ratchet struck his eyeglasses and pushed them into his left eye, causing an eye injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Ratchet drivers-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate