Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Engineering Remediation Resources Group
Start: 3/30/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016032648 · 3/30/2016 · Engineering Remediation Resources Group

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Firearms, law enforcement, and other self-defense equipment, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Screwdrivers-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Engineering Remediation Resources Group
Location: 6227 Barstow Road, FORT IRWIN, CALIFORNIA, 92310
NAICS: 562910
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was using a screwdriver to clean the dirt from the nose of the fuse. This caused the fuse to detonate and the back end of the fuse punctured his hand.

Source

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