Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170593214 - Employee's eye pierced by flying steel during auto repair

Accident Summary Nr: 170593214 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 05/24/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120130232	05/30/1995	7538	0	J C Honda Service

Abstract: Employee #1, of J.C. Honda Service, was at his work station in the shop repair area. He was removing an outer axle joint from an axle shaft by hitting it with a 4-lb blue-point steel hammer. He was not wearing eye protection and a piece of steel punctured his left eye.

Keywords: EYE, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, STEEL, PPE, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120130232			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Automobile mechanics

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