Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Name: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Commercial Metals Company
Start: 10/1/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020109330 · 10/1/2020 · Commercial Metals Company

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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Commercial Metals Company
Location: 1729 N. Westmoreland Road, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
NAICS: 562910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been installing new blades on a wire chopper granulator. A metal shard got in the employee's left eye and the employee was hospitalized.

Source

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