Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120030.015 - Employee Incurs Eye Puncture Injury From Screwdriver

Accident Summary Nr: 120030.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 09/13/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1432448.015	09/18/2019		811111	At Repair, Inc. Dba

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on September 13, 2019, an employee was repairing a door latch of a customer vehicle as an automotive repair technician. The employee was using a handheld screwdriver and was removing the passenger side rear locking mechanism. The employee sustained a puncture injury to the left eye with the screwdriver. No witnesses or coworkers were present at the time of the incident. The employee was first transported to a local hospital before being transferred to a larger hospital, where he was admitted for trauma surgery.

Keywords: Automotive Repair, Eye, Hand Tool, Puncture, Repair, Technician, Unwitnessed

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1432448.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury

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