OSHA Injury Report: Merit Contracting

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Waterproofing

What happened

[REDACTED] was working on below grade waterproofing for the [REDACTED] project. The project consisted of people working in areas above him sometimes causing sand to fall and [REDACTED] 's crew were using a blower on the jobsite to clean their work areas as well. Around the lunch timeframe [REDACTED] 's left eye began to bother him. The irritation came on gradually. There was not a specific moment that he knew something penetrated his eye. [REDACTED] went to the gas station at lunch to get eye drops. The eye drops were able to slightly calm the irritation but not eliminate. [REDACTED] called [REDACTED] who informed him to return to the shop and flush out his left eye. After the flush his eye was feeling better and he felt that whatever had gotten in his eye had now come out. We chose to take [REDACTED] to a medical professional to make sure the issue was resolved. At the hospital the staff was able to find and pull debris from [REDACTED] 's left eye telling him they could also see the a

Injury or illness

Debris in eye

Object or substance involved

N A

Summary line

Right eye

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.