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OSHA Injury Report: City of Knoxville - Public Service Department

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at City of Knoxville - Public Service Department in 400 W Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was public Service.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
City of Knoxville - Public Service Department
Parent company
City of Knoxville
Street
400 W Main Street
City
Knoxville
State
TN
ZIP
37902
On-site location
1440 Lorraine St

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Attending training

What happened

EE was in forklift training and was speaking with a couple of guys. [REDACTED] walked up with a green laser pointer and was flashing it on their feet. [REDACTED] then raised it up and caught the EE in the eye at just the right angle.

Injury or illness

Burn Right Eye Struck by object handled

Object or substance involved

Laser Level

Summary line

Burn Right Eye Struck by object handled

Employee and industry

Job description
Public Service
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
561730
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
246
Total hours worked
480217
EIN
626000326
Establishment ID
1436107
Employer case #
995

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:55
Time of incident
9:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:20:13:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.