Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Peco Farms, LLC
Start: 8/10/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017087647 · 8/10/2017 · Peco Farms, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance
Source: Needles, syringes

Employer

Name: Peco Farms, LLC
Location: 10191 Road 224, UNION, MISSISSIPPI, 39365
NAICS: 112390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was holding a pullet while a coworker performed a vaccination when the employee was accidentally stuck in the right index finger behind the first knuckle with a quarter-inch, 18-gauge needle that was being used to administer the vaccine.

Source

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