GEISMAR, LOUISIANA·2015-05-07

Trimac Transportation

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Trimac Transportation, 353072 Highway 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA 70734 on 2015-05-07, Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the eye(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was buffing out a valve on a trailer with a buffer when a piece of metal dislodged from the buffing disc and flew under his safety glasses into his eye. He was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Eye(s) Metal chips, particles

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