Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Shanks Extracts, Incorporated
Start: 8/9/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087421 · 8/9/2016 · Shanks Extracts, Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), except finger(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Bottling, canning, filling machinery

Employer

Name: Shanks Extracts, Incorporated
Location: 350 Richardson Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
NAICS: 311942
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on the bottling machine when the bottle filler tube punctured his left hand between the first and second digits, requiring sutures and possible hand surgery.

Source

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