Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at JD Equipment
Start: 8/22/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088065 · 8/22/2017 · JD Equipment

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: Backhoes, trackhoes

Employer

Name: JD Equipment
Location: 7550 N US Hwy 68, WILMINGTON, OHIO, 45177
NAICS: 444210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had repaired a transmission valve on a backhoe and went to start the backhoe for testing when the transmission pressure control released and injected hydraulic fluid into the employee's left index finger.

Source

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