Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135784.015 - Employee sustains eye injury when struck by flying metal obj

Accident Summary Nr: 135784.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 05/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1531566.015	05/19/2021		424910	Koch Nitrogen Co-Marshalltown

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on May 13, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a farm supply company was working with a coworker removing packing around a cylinder in a Worthington Corporation Compressor (13-1/2 by 7-3/4 by 7; Serial Number: L-87864). While removing the packing, the spring broke and snapped toward an employee. The metal spring piece went under the employee's safety glasses and into his eye. The employee was hospitalized for treatment due to a foreign object in his eye.

Keywords: Compressor, Eye, Eye protection, Flying Object, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Removing, Spring, Struck By, Unloading

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1531566.015	61	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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