Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at FLUIDICS, INC.
Start: 4/26/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016043485 · 4/26/2016 · FLUIDICS, 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: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: FLUIDICS, INC.
Location: PNC Building, 8800 Tinicum Boulevard, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19153
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On Tuesday 4/26/16, at about 1 PM, an employee was installing a control panel on a cooling tower. The employee dropped his screw driver and it rolled under the cooling tower. When the employee knelt down to retrieve the screw driver, his knee landed on some wire debris. He required surgery to remove the wire debris.

Source

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