Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109999.015 - Employee's eye is injured when struck by ratchet pin

Accident Summary Nr: 109999.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/05/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1352888.015	10/12/2018		237130	Flowrite Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on October 5, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker were in a lumber yard parking lot and attempting to secure several sheets of 4-foot by 8-foot plywood to the overhead rack of a truck. Employee #1 was tightening a Rackstrap, Inc. ratchet strap with a ratchet pin tightening tool. Employee #1 released his grip on the tool, the ratchet unwound, and the pin shot out and struck him in his right eye. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for a contusion to the eye.

Keywords: Construction, Contusion, Eye, Flying Object, Pin, Struck By, Unsecured

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1352888.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.

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