OSHA Injury Report: Plant WM

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Stringing up the spin finish guides on [REDACTED]

What happened

S Phase I associate reported feeling irritation to the right eye while threading spin finish applicators on [REDACTED] Pos 11 O The associate stated that they did not feel anything specifically fly in their eye however [REDACTED] does generate a good bit of lint material The associate stated that they went directly to the restroom to flush their eye when they felt the discomfort It is believed that possibly a piece of PET lint got into their eye A The eye was irrigated by the associate and again by the investigating supervisor The supervisor did notice that there was a good bit of lint buildup on the machine and that it needed housekeeping attention The supervisor asked the operators on that line to clean it up P This incident was added to the Phase I Tier board The supervisor followed up later to make sure the lint in the area had been removed

Injury or illness

Foreign body in their right eye

Object or substance involved

lint and debris from machine

Summary line

Foreign body in their right eye [REDACTED] debris from machine

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.