Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Roll Forming Corporation
Start: 8/26/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015086169 · 8/26/2015 · Roll Forming Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
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: Roll Forming Corporation
Location: 250 Martin Luther King Boulevard, FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA, 16121
NAICS: 332999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a nail gun to nail 2x4s for the purpose of making pallets. The nail gun double shot during use causing the second nail to become lodged in the employee's stomach area. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Source

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