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OSHA Injury Report: Mertz

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mertz in Webster City, IA 50595 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machinist in machine shops.

Establishment
Mertz
Parent company
Mertz Engineering Company
Street
1811 W. 2nd St.
City
Webster City
State
IA
ZIP
50595
On-site location
TU30B
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Blowing out [REDACTED] with compressed air hose.

Metal sliver was blown into face under safety glasses and into left eye.

Metal sliver went into left eye could not get out and causing irritation.

Metal sliver

Metal sliver entered left eye when using compressed air. Caused continued irritation.

Job description
Machinist
SOC code
51-4041 — Machinists
NAICS code
332710 — Machine shops
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
51
Total hours worked
86116
EIN
200361084
Establishment ID
288806
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:00:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:20:09:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.