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OSHA Injury Report: HOU-TECHNICAL OPERATIONS

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at HOU-TECHNICAL OPERATIONS in HOUSTON, TX 77061 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was aC Mx Tech B in scheduled Passenger Air Transportation.

Establishment
HOU-TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
Parent company
Southwest Airlines
Street
7901 BRANIFF ST
City
HOUSTON
State
TX
ZIP
77061
On-site location
MAINTENANCE HANGAR
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

UNSCREWING PANELS

while working aircraft [REDACTED] wing EE was removing Leading edge panels using a screw knocker tool to remove stuck screws at which point the philips bit exploded shattered and peices of the bit got into EE right eye

Foreign body Right Eye Foreign Body Maintenance equipme Hand tools

Maintenance equipme Hand tools

while working aircraft [REDACTED] wing EE was removing Leading edge panels using a screw knocker tool [REDACTED]

Job description
AC Mx Tech B
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
481111 — Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
464
Total hours worked
871721
EIN
741563240
Establishment ID
959432
Employer case #
140574
Date of incident
Shift started
9:00
Time of incident
22:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17FEB2025:20:19:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.