Ponca City, OK —
OSHA Injury Report: Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Mertz Manufacturing, Inc. in Ponca City, OK 74601 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in off-highway trucks manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
- Parent company
- Mertz Manufacturing, Inc.
- Street
- 1701 N. Waverly
- City
- Ponca City
- State
- OK
- ZIP
- 74601
- On-site location
- Fab-5 weld shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 5
Before the incident
Welding on a trailer.
What happened
Welding light from another employee was entering the back side of [REDACTED] welding hood. Over time this caused [REDACTED] eye to become irritated.
Injury or illness
Photokeratitis bilateral
Object or substance involved
Light from the arc of a weld.
Summary line
Weld flash eyes
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 333120 — Off-highway trucks manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 272
- Total hours worked
- 614191
- EIN
- 550830804
- Establishment ID
- 916823
- Employer case #
- 22
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20JAN2025:19:05:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.