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Accident Summary Nr: 121450.015 - Employee ruptures eye when clearing window glass following f

Accident Summary Nr: 121450.015 -- Report ID: 0253420 -- Event Date: 10/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1443161.015	10/31/2019		922160	Cookstown Volunteer Fire Company

Abstract: At 5:45 p.m. on October 21, 2019, an employee working as a Fire Fighter for a City volunteer fire department was clearing remnant glass from a window frame in the front of a single family residential structure following a fire. The employee was using a drywall hook when he was struck in the left eye by a piece of flying glass. The employee ruptured his left globe and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Clearing, Eye, Eye protection, Fire Brigade/Department, Fire Fighter, Flying Object, Glass, Insufficient Supervision, Laceration, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rupture, Struck By, Window, structure fire

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1443161.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Firefighting occupations

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