Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at WELCH ALLYN, INC.
Start: 1/21/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010884 · 1/21/2016 · WELCH ALLYN, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
Location: 4341 State Street Road, SKANEATELES FALLS, NEW YORK, 13153
NAICS: 334510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assembling medical ophthalmoscopes using a hand-held torque driver when the torque driver slipped off of the work piece and punctured the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized when the wound became infected.

Source

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