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OSHA Injury Report: Smeal - Ephrata

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Smeal - Ephrata in Ephrata, PA 17522 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in fire Truck Manufacturer.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
3

Working towards weld certifications

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

Nature of InjuryIllness Burn Body Parts EyeSLeft

Exposure to intensity of welding arc to eyeball

Nature of InjuryIllness Burn Cause of InjuryIllnessBurnScald Body Parts EyeSLeft Object Substance Exposure to intensity of welding arc to eyeball

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 -
Date of incident
Shift started
5:30:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:16:44:00

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.