Mount Vernon, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: PACCAR TECHNICAL CENTER
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at PACCAR TECHNICAL CENTER in 12479 Farm to Market Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was sr Engineering Specialist in acoustics testing laboratories or services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- PACCAR TECHNICAL CENTER
- Parent company
- PACCAR
- Street
- 12479 Farm to Market Road
- City
- Mount Vernon
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98273
- On-site location
- Facilities
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
changing hydraulic bedplate valve
What happened
Employee was asked to change hydraulic bedplate valve on weekend shift before hydraulic pumps were started. Employee did not come in on weekend shift and came in [REDACTED] instead to change valve. Employee sent out email to group about leaving hyd pumps turned off until valve is changed. 2nd employee started pump without knowledge of other employees ' email or work being performed. This caused employee one to get sprayed in the face and on body with hyd oil. As well as area covered in hyd fluid. A 3rd employee nearby pushed emergency hydraulic shut down button. Normal procedure is to lock out hyd pumps using lock out tag out procedures. Unclear yet why that was not done. Employee was taken to eye wash station to wash out eyes. Showered and changed clothes. Then was taken to urgent care to have eyes checked. No obvious damage to eye. Sent to urgent care to be sure. Oil spill was cleaned upped with rags mop and water hose. Approximately 70 gallons was lost.
Injury or illness
Foreign body to eye
Object or substance involved
hydraulic oil
Summary line
Employee was asked to change hydraulic bedplate valve on weekend shift before hydraulic pumps were started. Employee did not come in on weekend shift and came in [REDACTED] instead to change valve. Employee sent out email to group about leaving
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sr Engineering Specialist
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 541380: Acoustics testing laboratories or services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 494
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 895,652
- Establishment ID
- 297841
- Employer case #
- IN-2023121
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 07:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-27
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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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