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OSHA Injury Report: Vernon Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Vernon Plant in Vernon, TX 76384 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was refrigeration Maint RF in meat Processed From Carcasses.

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)
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Using heat trace on pipe in middle test cellperiod

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

Left Eye Irritation 12forward slash21forward slash23 Corneal abrasion (OS)

Sudden Onset Struck By Heat Trace Wire

Left Eye Irritation

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
Avg employees
962
Total hours worked
2093775
EIN
510392340
Establishment ID
402017
Employer case #
VNPL-2023-
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:14:11:00

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.