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OSHA Injury Report: Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant in Valdosta, GA 31601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was iNTERIOR BLASTER in freight car cleaning services.

Establishment
Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant
Parent company
Union Tank Car Co.
Street
400 South Blanchard
City
Valdosta
State
GA
ZIP
31601
On-site location
Valdosta Interior Blast
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was cleaning checking augers prior to start of work.

The employee looked over the top of his safety glasses and a piece of metal from the auger struck him in the right eye when he accidentally activated an air wand.

Eye irritation

Debris (dust blast media)

Summary: Foreign debris in eye |Nature of Injury: Eye Irritation |Type: Foreign Body|Body Part: Eye(s) |Equipment: Other (Auger)

Job description
INTERIOR BLASTER
SOC code
53-7061 — Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
NAICS code
488210 — Freight car cleaning services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
287945
EIN
363104688
Establishment ID
1049258
Employer case #
IE-2307-00
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
7:15:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:18:06:00

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