Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Waste Management
Start: 7/20/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015074848 · 7/20/2015 · Waste Management

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Waste Management
Location: 21 Old Beaver Run Road, LAFAYETTE, NEW JERSEY, 07848
NAICS: 562111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee using a metal punch struck his left hand with a hammer, experienced swelling and inflammation, and developed an infection that required hospitalization.

Source

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