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Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
1 hospitalization · 2016064898 · 6/3/2016 · Academy Roofing, 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
- Staples
- Secondary source
- Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic
Employer
- Name
- Academy Roofing, Inc.
- Location
- 5065 S Castle Pines Dr, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO, 80108
- NAICS
- 238160
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was walking up a steep roof while carrying a staple gun when he slipped and discharged a staple into his knee, requiring surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown