OSHA investigators arrived in Gardnerville, NV on Wednesday, December 20th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Mark Smith Tire Center, Inc.. A 43 year old man working as a Automobile mechanic was injured on the job when the employee's eye was injured when contacted by foreign object
Accident Date2017-12-19
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 12:20 p.m. on December 19, 2017, an employee was using an air hammer to remove a bushing piece. During work, a foreign object struck the employee's right eye, rupturing the globe portion of the eye. The employee was taken to a nearby hospital, where he received treatment. The incident investigation attributed the foreign object to be debris from a motor vehicle the employee was working on.