Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at AV Automotive Inc.
Start: 1/23/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010740 · 1/23/2020 · AV Automotive Inc.

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: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
Secondary source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name: AV Automotive Inc.
Location: 110 Route 908, NATRONA HEIGHTS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15065
NAICS: 441310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a truck that required a steering arm replacement. The employee released the tie rod and a clip or tab flew out and hit him in the eye, puncturing his cornea. He was hospitalized.

Source

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