OSHA Injury Report: LORD Corporation - Bowling Green

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Grinding off burrs on LCD housing parts.

What happened

On [REDACTED] at around [REDACTED] an employee stated that they were grinding burrs on LCD housing parts when a foreign body flew off and went under their safety glasses. The employee used eye drops to flush the right eye but didn’t notice anything or experience any discomfort on the eye until the [REDACTED]. Once management was notified several attempts were made to remove flush out the foreign body before the employee was sent to the eye doctor. On [REDACTED] the doctor was able to safely remove the metal off the eye without incident. Out of an abundance of caution the doctor recommended an antibiotic eye drops to avoid infection.

Injury or illness

Foreign body in right eye.

Object or substance involved

Metal Shaving.

Summary line

Foreign piece of metal in right eye from grinding burrs

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.