OSHA Injury Report: West Salem

At a glance

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What was the outcome?

Before the incident

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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

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.