Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC
Start: 1/9/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015010311 · 1/9/2015 · Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC
Location: 1600 Ritchie Ct, ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS, 61068
NAICS: 336510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On or about January 9, 2015, an employee incurred a puncture wound to his left hand when he was enlarging a hole in a can with a "tapper" hand tool. The tapper, which he held in his right hand, went through the can into his left hand. The injury resulted in an infection, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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