Flight attendant at jump seat position was struck with shards of dry ice from bag exploding.

Attributes
ACN	1326784
Time
Date	201601
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness

Narrative:

Seated in 4L outboard jumpseat during ascent to level flight at cruise altitude. Dry ice packet placed on top of meal cart; directly across from jumpseat and at eye level; exploded sending fragments of dry ice into my right eye.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant at jump seat position was struck with shards of dry ice from bag exploding.

Narrative: Seated in 4L outboard jumpseat during ascent to level flight at cruise altitude. Dry ice packet placed on top of meal cart; directly across from jumpseat and at eye level; exploded sending fragments of dry ice into my right eye.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.