Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221421258

INWESCO INCORPORATED

Event
Cutting, Eye, Goggles, Machine Shop, Machine operator, Metal Wire, PPE, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Struck By, Welder, Welding
NAICS
332710
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345697056
Employer profile
INWESCO INCORPORATED
Summary number
221421258
Report ID
0636900

Event description

Employee punctures eye when struck by welding wire in face

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on December 10, 2021, an employee was cutting welding wire from the end of a weld gun. The employee did not cut the wire all the way through and used his snips to tap the end of the wire. The wire bounced off the table and up under the employee's glasses puncturing his left eye and requiring hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 19 M

    Event type
    1

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