CENTER, TEXAS—
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., 1019 Shelbyville Street, CENTER, TEXAS 75935 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a foamer when a faulty hose caused cleaning solution to be sprayed into the employee's eyes resulting in injury to his right eye. The employee was wearing goggles at the time.
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