Incident date: 2020-01-15
NAICS industry code: 721110

An employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove some floor tiling when a piece of tile went under the employee's safety glasses and into the eye, lacerating it and requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate