Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cheney Brothers, Inc., 10 North Ocean Blvd., DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33483
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
On or about 2/05/2015 at approximately 10:15 a.m., an employee was delivering merchandise to a customer. When the employee was placing a case of bottled soda on the hand truck, a couple of glass bottles fell to the ground and the employee was struck with glass fragments in his left eye. The employee was hospitalized overnight for glass extraction.
HospitalizedEye(s)Broken glass, glass chips, or fibers
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