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OSHA Injury Report: Westside Finishing Company Inc

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Westside Finishing Company Inc in 15 Samosett Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 resulted in days away from work. Employee was batch Powder Coater in coloring metals and metal products (except coating) for the trade.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Westside Finishing Company Inc
Parent company
Westside Finishing Company, Inc.
Street
15 Samosett Street
City
Holyoke
State
MA
ZIP
01040
On-site location
Large Powder booth #4

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

Before the incident

Preparing a Peening frame to be powder coated

What happened

The employee was blowing off the frame to prepare it for powder coating and some sand blew off the part and got in his eye.

Injury or illness

Abrasion left upper eyelid

Object or substance involved

Sand

Summary line

Employee was blowing off a large frame to be coated and sand blew in their eye

Employee and industry

Job description
Batch Powder Coater
SOC code
51-4193 — Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
332813 — Coloring metals and metal products (except coating) for the trade
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
54
Total hours worked
98772
EIN
42936833
Establishment ID
104803
Employer case #
8-Feb

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
16FEB24:15:56:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.