OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221357841

KOCH NITROGEN CO-MARSHALLTOWN

MARSHALLTOWN, IA· 2021-05-13T00:00:00

Event: Compressor, Eye, Eye protection, Flying Object, Machine operator, Material Handling, Metal, Removing, Spring, Struck By, Unloading
NAICS: 424910
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345315667
Employer profile: KOCH NITROGEN CO-MARSHALLTOWN
Summary number: 221357841
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee sustains eye injury when struck by flying metal obj

Investigation 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.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 61 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
519

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