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OSHA Injury Report: Tenneco

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Tenneco in 401 Industrial Ave, Waupun, WI 53963 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was vG Inspector in powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Tenneco
Parent company
Tenneco Inc.
Street
401 Industrial Ave
City
Waupun
State
WI
ZIP
53963
On-site location
Inspection table in clean room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

On lunch employee took off eyeglasses and rubbed eyes in which she felt irritation. Employee thought it was allergies. Later [REDACTED] went to doctors as the irritation was getting worse that is when it was discovered employee had something in eye.

What happened

Doctor had to retrieve a small piece of metal shaving that was in employee 's eye.

Injury or illness

eye cut

Object or substance involved

metal shaving

Summary line

foreign object in eye from brushing out ID 's of parts

Employee and industry

Job description
VG Inspector
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
332117 — Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
175
Total hours worked
2387419
EIN
382719472
Establishment ID
902992
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:18:15:00

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Source

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