Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS OF WA INC
Start: 5/15/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015051777 · 5/15/2015 · LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS OF WA INC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Metal chips, particles
Secondary source: Hand grinders-powered

Employer

Name: LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS OF WA INC
Location: 315 S 22nd Ave, CALDWELL, IDAHO, 83605
NAICS: 441320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a hand-grinder to remove a burr on a receiver hitch when the grinder wheel broke apart and sent a piece of the wheel into the left side of the employee's knee.

Source

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