OSHA Injury Report: Facilities and Maintenance

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Performing maintenance for inspection

What happened

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS IN BIG HOLDING CELL AT THE MAIN JAIL GRINDING RIVETS OFF RADIATORS SO THAT THEY COULD OPEN THEM AND LOOK FOR FENTANYL FOR DEPUTIES THEY WERE IN WHITE SUITS WITH MASKS GLOVES AND FACE MASKS ON DEPUTIES AND [REDACTED]S WERE OUTSIDE OF CELL IN CASE THERE WAS AN EXPOSURE TO THE DRUGS I STARTED UP THE CORDLESS DEWALT GRINDER AND IT JUMPED AND HIT MY THIGH I THOUGHT IT DIDN T HIT ME SO I CONTINUED ON WORKING [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED] WERE WITH ME BUT THEY WERE WORKING AND DIDN T SEE ANYTHING UNTIL [REDACTED] AND I STOPPED WORKING TO GET MORE TOOLS THEN I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW THAT IT DID HIT ME SO I WENT OUTSIDE AND SHOWED THE HEAD [REDACTED] AND SHE MADE ME GO TO THE JAIL CLINIC TO SEE THE DOCTOR THE JAIL DOCTOR TOLD ME TO NOT TO GO TO THE CLINIC AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE CLOSEST ER SO I WENT TO [REDACTED] IN [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

Injury or illness

Cut Puncture or Scrape Powered Hand Tool

Object or substance involved

Grinder Not Faulty

Summary line

Cut Puncture or Scrape Powered Hand Tool Laceration Upper Leg

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.