Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Doss Enterprises, LC
Start: 8/6/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025087736 · 8/6/2025 · Doss Enterprises, LC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple regions of the head
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source: Machine and tool parts, accessories n.e.c.
Secondary source: Grinders handtool

Employer

Name: Doss Enterprises, LC
Location: 596 Brushy Fork Road, NEW MILTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26411
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an angle grinder to grind a pin on a quick coupler for an excavator. The grinding wheel failed, resulting in a cheek laceration, fractured orbital bone, and a ruptured eyeball.

Source

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