WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA·2019-04-26

Republic Services

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Republic Services, 3145 Mount Pleasant St., NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20010 on 2019-04-26, Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the eye(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was trying to free a stuck enclosure gate using a wrench and the wrench struck his left eye, rupturing it.

Hospitalized Eye(s) Wrenches-nonpowered

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