Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170376040 - Employee's eye injured when struck by metal splinter

Accident Summary Nr: 170376040 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 09/13/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111813275	10/24/1994	3325	0	Pacific Steel Casting Co

Abstract: At approximately 1:40 p.m., Employee #1 was using a sledgehammer to wedge a steel clamp onto a mold. When he struck the clamp with the hammer, a piece of the metal clamp or hammer splintered off and flew into Employee #1's left eye. He was hospitalized. Employee #1 was not wearing safety glasses or a face shield. A general citation T8CCR 3382(a) was issued to the employer for the company's failure to enforce the use of safety glasses.

Keywords: EYE, HOLD-DOWN CLAMP, SPLINTER, PPE, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, HAND TOOL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111813275			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Laborers, except construction

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