Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at H.M. Stauffer & Son, Inc.
Start: 4/6/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016042868 · 4/6/2016 · H.M. Stauffer & Son, 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 by discharged object or substance
Source: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary source: Nail guns-powered

Employer

Name: H.M. Stauffer & Son, Inc.
Location: 499 Houtztown Road, MYERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17067
NAICS: 321214
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to assemble walls when the gun came in contact with his knee and discharged the nail into it. He required surgery and hospitalization.

Source

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