Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Twin City Fan & Blower Company
Start: 5/21/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015053075 · 5/21/2015 · Twin City Fan & Blower Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(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: Twin City Fan & Blower Company
Location: 201 Badger Street North, ELKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57026
NAICS: 333413
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was building crates with a pneumatic nail gun. The wood he was nailing split and the nail gun slipped, moving the nail gun to his hand. He shot his hand with the nail gun, requiring hospitalization. The safety pad was in place at the time.

Source

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