Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at RC Construction
Start: 4/18/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015042117 · 4/18/2015 · RC Construction

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Asphalt and concrete paving machines, pavers

Employer

Name: RC Construction
Location: Pope Army Airfield, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, 28307
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was servicing a Gamco concrete paving machine due to a small hydraulic leak. While servicing the head pulley belt, the employee sustained a puncture wound that released hydraulic fluid into his hand. The puncture wound was cleaned at hospital; however, the employee was hospitalized overnight to ensure there was no remaining hydraulic fluid in his hand.

Source

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