Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at PECO Foods Inc
Start: 2/4/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015021136 · 2/4/2015 · PECO Foods Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.

Employer

Name: PECO Foods Inc
Location: 3701 Kauloosa Avenue, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was cutting chicken at his work station on the deboning line. The chicken slipped to the floor, and the employee reached to pick it up with knife still in hand. The employee punctured his eye with the knife while picking the chicken up toward himself and required hospitalization.

Source

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