Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170155600 - Employee injured when pressurized gas blows into eyes

Accident Summary Nr: 170155600 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 12/06/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112117841	12/06/1990	1761	0	Angeles Glass Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was securing a valve to a previously installed tap when his wrench struck an adjacent valve, knocking it open. The valve was under pressure and gas blew out into Employee #1's eyes. A CAL-OSHA 4B citation was issued.

Keywords: EYE, WRENCH, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, GAS, HIGH PRESSURE, VALVE, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, PRESSURE RELEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112117841			Non Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Machinery maintenance occupations

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