Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Turner Industries Group
Start: 9/5/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016098366 · 9/5/2016 · Turner Industries Group

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
Secondary source: Hoses

Employer

Name: Turner Industries Group
Location: 1501 McKinzie Rd, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78410
NAICS: 237990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a torque head to set the pressure in a hydraulic hose to 1,725 psi when the hose formed a pinhole and injected hydraulic oil into the employee's right index finger.

Source

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