OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221431562
SCRAP METAL PROCESSORS
COVINGTON, GA·
Event description
Employee loses eye disassembling shear attachment
Investigation abstract
At 10:15 a.m. on January 10, 2022, an employee was disassembling a shear attachment from an excavator using a metal hammer. As the employee struck the attachment a piece of metal separated from the shear and struck the employee's left eye. The employee was not wearing his employer-issued safety goggles. The employee was hospitalized to treat loss of his left eye.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 889
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