OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221421258
INWESCO INCORPORATED
FORT WORTH, TX·
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
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Event type
- 1
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