Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at SIMMONS FOODS, INC.
Start: 5/18/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016054345 · 5/18/2016 · SIMMONS FOODS, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance
Source: Needles, syringes

Employer

Name: SIMMONS FOODS, INC.
Location: 7597 Hwy 74, HUNTSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72740
NAICS: 112340
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was injecting a vaccine into chickens on a poultry farm along a conveying system and stuck the back of his left index finger with the injection apparatus.

Source

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