VANCE, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: MERCEDES DMB
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at MERCEDES DMB in VANCE, AL 35490 resulted in days away from work. Employee was dED DRIVER in trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MERCEDES DMB
- Parent company
- AVERITT EXPRESS INC.
- Street
- 1 MERCEDES DR
- City
- VANCE
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35490
- On-site location
- MERCEDES
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 43
Before the incident
AE was attempting to pick up a TRL at K dock unsure TRL number.
What happened
the handle for the dolly legs was broken and the handle was hitting the side of the TRL. AE stated that when it hit something got in his eye. At the time he thought it was dust.
Injury or illness
When AE got home it continued to bother him. AE looked into the mirror and did not see anything. AE stated that he attempted to flush his eye with water then fell asleep. AE woke up with blood on his face. He called Mercedes and then spoke with Kim. Urgent care put eye in his eye and they told AE that he there were possible multiple cuts on his eye. He when to the Emergency Room and they were concerned so they wanted him to go to an optimologist due to possibility of damage to the globe of his e
Object or substance involved
PIECE OF METAL FROM DOLLY
Summary line
Piece of metal came off a dolly and went into LT eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- DED DRIVER
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 484122 — Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 289
- Total hours worked
- 575424
- EIN
- 620755421
- Establishment ID
- 81508
- Employer case #
- EV20242207
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:13
- Time of incident
- 0:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24FEB2025:01:12:00
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.