Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Name: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Defense Logistics Agency
Start: 1/26/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015010809 · 1/26/2015 · Defense Logistics Agency

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Eye(s)
Nature of injury: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
Secondary source: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Defense Logistics Agency
Location: 3rd and S Avenue, NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17070
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was setting up an iron worker, aligning lower and upper dies, when it fully cycled. A piece of the upper die came off when it hit the lower die, striking the employee in the right eye.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown