Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Brittain Machine Inc.
Start: 8/22/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087856 · 8/22/2016 · Brittain Machine Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Brittain Machine Inc.
Location: 2520 S. SHERIDAN AVE., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67217
NAICS: 336413
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a flattening plate from a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). He positioned himself on the CMM table about 38 inches off the floor and was attaching a hoist chain for a forklift boom attachment when the 2-inch probe shaft impaled his body, requiring surgical removal.

Source

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