Ervin Cable Construction, LLC

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — HIGDEN, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ervin Cable Construction, LLC in HIGDEN, ARKANSAS
Employer Ervin Cable Construction, LLC Report ID 2022087625
Address 10884 AR-92 City, State ZIP HIGDEN, ARKANSAS 72067
Event Date August 26, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. Source of Injury Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
Industry (NAICS) 238210 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 35.52000, -92.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee was opening a new spool of strand from a wooden reel. When he removed the shipping band, the strand struck him in the right eye.

Incident Summary

On August 26, 2022, a worker at Ervin Cable Construction, LLC in HIGDEN, ARKANSAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the eye(s). The incident was classified as struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c., with reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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