Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Binswanger Glass
Start: 12/16/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161211715 · 12/16/2016 · Binswanger Glass

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Scrapers-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Binswanger Glass
Location: 15116 Highway 3, WEBSTER, TEXAS, 77598
NAICS: 238150
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just installed a windshield in a vehicle and was putting his tool away. He attempted to use the handle of a scraper to push a plastic clip into the cowl when the handle of the scraper, which had a razor blade attached to it, slipped off and cut his left thumb tendon, requiring surgery.

Source

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