Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at URS Federal Technical Services-AECOM
Start: 6/24/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065678 · 6/24/2016 · URS Federal Technical Services-AECOM

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: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
Secondary source: Handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: URS Federal Technical Services-AECOM
Location: 2650 Louisiana Avenue, FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, 71459
NAICS: 811111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was holding and using a pressurized pneumatic grease gun when a leak in the line caused pressurized grease to inject into his left middle finger between the first and second knuckle.

Source

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