West Salem, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Salem
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Salem in 265 Congress St, West Salem, OH 44287 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was welder in all Other Plastics Product Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Salem
- Parent company
- Associated Materials LLC
- Street
- 265 Congress St
- City
- West Salem
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44287
- On-site location
- West Salem
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
[REDACTED]
What happened
SITE CODE007 . SITEWest [REDACTED] . BODY PARTLeft Eye . INJURY TYPELeft Eye Flash Burn EMPLOYEE TYPEPermanent DEPARTMENTMachine Shop RECORDABILITY RATIONALEEmployee received treatment outside of First Aid DESCRIPTIONOn [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] (Shift 1) Employee was welding in the fabrication shop and went home as usual once the day was complete. The next day the employee came back into work at [REDACTED] with their left eye being swollen red and irritated. The employee approached their Supervisor about getting a new welding helmet and when the Supervisor inquired as to why the employee showed the Supervisor their eye. The employee appeared to be exhibiting symptoms of a Flash Burn. The Supervisor looked over the employees welding helmet and notice that the lenses in the hood were pitted. In addition the helmet was compared to a backup helmet. Both helmets are auto-darkening and have settings to control the darkening. When both helmets were on the same setting it could be seen that th
Injury or illness
Thermal Burn
Object or substance involved
Arc Flash
Summary line
Thermal Burn to Left Eye caused by Arc Flash
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 326199: All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 115
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 217,554
- EIN
- 751872487
- Establishment ID
- 1312316
- Employer case #
- IN2025021
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-21
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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