Injured by object held or wielded by person · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Petmate, 800 West Stephens Street, ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76017
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Other multiple ear(s), facial locations.
Final narrative
An employee was using a knife to separate plastic parts, holding the knife in his left hand. The knife sprung up toward his face and cut his right cheek, below the safety glasses he was wearing. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to his right cheek and right eye; the laceration to his right eye required surgery.
Hospitalized Other multiple ear(s), facial locations Knives
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