Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Bay Ltd. North
Start: 1/29/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010891 · 1/29/2024 · Bay Ltd. North

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Eye(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level caught self or curtailed
Source: Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
Secondary source: Fall protection equipment

Employer

Name: Bay Ltd. North
Location: 1982 FM 2725, ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS, 78336
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was walking on a steel beam when the self-retracting lifeline attached to his safety harness locked up. This caused him to fall and strike his face on the beam; his safety glasses were also pushed into his eyelid. He sustained lacerations to his eyelid and eye.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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