Vernon, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Vernon Plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Vernon Plant in 700 Wheeler Street, Vernon, TX 76384 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was refrigeration Maint RF in meat Processed From Carcasses.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Vernon Plant
- Parent company
- TYSON REFRIGERATED PROCESSED MEATS, INC.
- Street
- 700 Wheeler Street
- City
- Vernon
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 76384
- On-site location
- Middle Test Cell ( Maint)
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Using heat trace on pipe in middle test cellperiod
What happened
Working in the middle test cell wrapping a pipe with heat trace wireperiod States that when the heat trace wire warmed up it sprang forward hitting him in his left eyeperiod
Injury or illness
Left Eye Irritation 12forward slash21forward slash23 Corneal abrasion (OS)
Object or substance involved
Sudden Onset Struck By Heat Trace Wire
Summary line
Left Eye Irritation
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Refrigeration Maint RF
- SOC code
- 51-3022: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- NAICS code
- 311612: Meat Processed From Carcasses
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 962
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 2,093,775
- EIN
- 510392340
- Establishment ID
- 402017
- Employer case #
- VNPL-2023-
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-20
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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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