Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Trimac Transportation
Start: 5/7/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015052703 · 5/7/2015 · Trimac Transportation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Eye(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Metal chips, particles
Secondary source: Buffers, polishers, waxers-powered

Employer

Name: Trimac Transportation
Location: 353072 Highway 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was buffing out a valve on a trailer with a buffer when a piece of metal dislodged from the buffing disc and flew under his safety glasses into his eye. He was hospitalized.

Source

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