Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc.
Start: 1/7/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015010166 · 1/7/2015 · Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
Source: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary source: Nail guns-powered

Employer

Name: Main Steel Polishing Company, Inc.
Location: 2200 Pratt Boulevard, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
NAICS: 331221
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was constructing a wooden pallet skid lift when the nail gun he was operating fired twice and injured his finger. The injury was underneath the employee's thumb. The employee was transported to the hospital, stayed overnight, and had surgery on his finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown