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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2019066207 · 6/20/2019 · Papillon & Byrne, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Eye(s)
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Pliers, tongs

Employer

Name
Papillon & Byrne, Inc.
Location
1965 Powis Rd., WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
NAICS
238220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was installing an air conditioner at a customer's home. He was using a set of needle-nose pliers. The pliers slipped off from the object they were grasping and the employee's fist hit his left eye. He sustained a laceration to the globe of the left eye.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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