Valdosta, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Union Tank Car Co. - Valdosta Plant in 400 South Blanchard, Valdosta, GA 31601 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was interior blaster in freight car cleaning services.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was cleaning checking augers prior to start of work.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Eye irritation
Object or substance involved
Debris (dust blast media)
Summary line
Summary: Foreign debris in eye |Nature of Injury: Eye Irritation |Type: Foreign Body|Body Part: Eye(s) |Equipment: Other (Auger)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- INTERIOR BLASTER
- SOC code
- 53-7061: Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- NAICS code
- 488210: Freight car cleaning services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 120
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 287,945
- EIN
- 363104688
- Establishment ID
- 1049258
- Employer case #
- IE-2307-00
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 07:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-12
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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