Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Sunnen Products Company
Start: 8/4/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015085433 · 8/4/2015 · Sunnen Products Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Metal chips, particles
Secondary source: Metalworking lathes

Employer

Name: Sunnen Products Company
Location: 7910 Manchester Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63143
NAICS: 333518
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a lathe on 08/04/2015 when he got some of the shavings in his fingers. He attempted to remove the shavings himself. His finger became infected.

Source

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