Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at On Top of the World Communities, Inc.
Start: 11/27/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015119012 · 11/27/2015 · On Top of the World Communities, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: On Top of the World Communities, Inc.
Location: 2371 Israeli Drive, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33763
NAICS: 623312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee bent down to check an in-ground water meter when something punctured his knee. He kept working and washed it off later. Over the ensuing weekend it became swollen with a red line down his leg. He was later admitted for an infection.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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