Incident date: 2024-10-21
NAICS industry code: 321918

An employee was assembling door jambs using a pneumatic stapler when a piece of metal was propelled into their right eye, resulting in an injury that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

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