Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Hixson Lumber Sales of Louisiana, Inc.
Start: 4/13/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015041963 · 4/13/2015 · Hixson Lumber Sales of Louisiana, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Hixson Lumber Sales of Louisiana, Inc.
Location: 207 Thomas Mill Road, WINNFIELD, LOUISIANA, 71483
NAICS: 423310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just finished nailing a fence panel using a nail gun. As he extended his arm down into a resting/hanging position with his finger still on the trigger, another employee walked behind him and was struck in the lower leg with the nail gun, which actuated and drove a nail into his leg. The injured employee was hospitalized overnight.

Source

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