OSHA Injury Report: Smeal-Synder

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was using compressed air to clean themselves off

What happened

Employee was using compressed air to clean themselves off even though this is not allowed per our policy During this action the employee had debris fly up into face area At the time the employee did not think anything of it as they did not believe anything got into their eyes It wasnt until the [REDACTED] the employee reported it to their supervisor The supervisor looked at the employees eye but did not see anything at that time other than slight redness They flushed empoyees eyes Employee did not state anything more at that time Employee then left early for the day and decided to have eyes looked at just in case their was something in his left eye Employee made an appointment with eye doctor and they did find 2 small pieces of debris in the left eye and gave employee eye drops as well

Injury or illness

Nature of InjuryIllness Foreign Body Body Parts EyeSLeft

Object or substance involved

The use of compressed air caused debris to fly uncontrollably in all directions when employee was cleaning themselves off some smaller debris embedded into the left eye but employee did not feel this right away

Summary line

Nature of InjuryIllness Foreign Body Cause of InjuryIllnessForeign Body In Eye Body Parts EyeSLeft Object Substance The use of compressed air caused debris to fly uncontrollably in all direction. some smaller debris embedded into the left eye.

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.