Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Portillo Construction
Start: 6/4/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015063434 · 6/4/2015 · Portillo Construction

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Eye(s)
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: Portillo Construction
Location: 18919 Ellis Bend Lane, CYPRESS, TEXAS, 77433
NAICS: 236115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a pump jack scaffold installing siding on a residential home using a nail gun. A nail from the gun bounced off the wall and hit the employee in the eye. The nail got stuck in his eye, and he was hospitalized for surgery.

Source

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