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Treeland Nursery

Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — GUNTER, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Treeland Nursery in GUNTER, TEXAS
Employer Treeland Nursery Report ID 2022064806
Address 1208 Sharp Road City, State ZIP GUNTER, TEXAS 75058
Event Date June 3, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. Source of Injury Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
Industry (NAICS) 111421 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.42000, -96.74000

Incident Narrative

An employee was emptying a plastic bucket of soils around a newly planted tree using a hay hook to assist. The hay hook suddenly broke free of the plastic bucket and struck the employee in the right eye, resulting in blunt-force trauma injuries to their eye.

Incident Summary

On June 3, 2022, a worker at Treeland Nursery in GUNTER, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the eye(s). The incident was classified as struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c., with hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 38 severe injury reports involving "Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c." incidents in our database. Browse all Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. injuries.

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