Ephrata, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Smeal - Ephrata
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Smeal - Ephrata in Ephrata, PA 17522 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in fire Truck Manufacturer.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smeal - Ephrata
- Parent company
- Smeal LTC LLC
- Street
- 66-68 Cocalico Creek Road
- City
- Ephrata
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17522
- On-site location
- Heavy Weld Bay after small parts weld
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Working towards weld certifications
What happened
Employee was working on weld certifications and according to multiple parties using their weld hood as deemed necessary Stated that the only thing they could think of was he experienced flash while having head at an angle that allowed the arc to be visible Reported that they were having irritation flash burn in one of their eyes before start of shift 71123 Employee was taken to urgent care for confirmation
Injury or illness
Nature of InjuryIllness Burn Body Parts EyeSLeft
Object or substance involved
Exposure to intensity of welding arc to eyeball
Summary line
Nature of InjuryIllness Burn Cause of InjuryIllnessBurnScald Body Parts EyeSLeft Object Substance Exposure to intensity of welding arc to eyeball
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 336212 — Fire Truck Manufacturer
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 75
- Total hours worked
- 147446
- Establishment ID
- 1174017
- Employer case #
- US-SMEAL -
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:16:44:00
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.