Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Name: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Railworks Track Systems
Start: 10/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161010178 · 10/29/2016 · Railworks Track Systems

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: Metal chips, particles
Secondary source: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)

Employer

Name: Railworks Track Systems
Location: Texas-Pacifico Railroad Crossing, MILES, TEXAS, 76861
NAICS: 237990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a spike maul to set a steel spike in a wooden tie. The spike maul struck the steel joint bar and the impact broke a small piece of steel off the joint bar. The small piece of steel struck the employee in the right eye.

Source

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