Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Colombia Construction Services Inc.
Start: 8/4/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087430 · 8/4/2017 · Colombia Construction Services Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Step ladders

Employer

Name: Colombia Construction Services Inc.
Location: 97076 Harbor Concourse Circle, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32034
NAICS: 238130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on an A-frame ladder receiving floor trusses from a coworker when he slipped and fell off the ladder. He had nails in his pocket and they fell to the ground. The right side of his head landed on the nails and was punctured, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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