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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 maintainance 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
ML26
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Repairing lathe using socket wrench.

Wiped eye with gloved hand. Metal shaving entered left eye.

Metal shaving caused irritation and pain within left eye.

Metal shaving.

Wiped eye while wearing glove metal shaving stuck under eye lid.

Job description
Maintainance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
332710 — Machine shops
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
51
Total hours worked
86116
EIN
200361084
Establishment ID
288806
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:45:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:20:16:00

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.