OSHA Injury Report: Seattle Maintenance Alaska

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Verifying proper operation of aircraft lav Dump

What happened

Tech was called out for consult as Ground Service was having trouble dumping the aircraft lav. Tech had a bucket up for precautionary and when he opened the flapper valve a small amount of lav waste hit the bucket and splashed out onto his face and upper body. The valve operated normal and no writeup necessary. The Tech verbally told the supervisor that he got splashed by some of the lav waste but the aircraft operated normally. The technician cleaned himself up and continued working for the rest of the day without incident. Tech went on his two day weekend and returned to work for 2 days. On [REDACTED] [REDACTED] days after being splashed he went to the Urgent Care and discovered he had Pink Eye. The doctor asked him a series of questions and told him he was not to return to work until [REDACTED]. The doctor told the tech that the lav spill could have been a contributing factor in his catching Pink Eye.

Injury or illness

Foreign body

Object or substance involved

Lav Dump

Summary line

Foreign body in eye

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.