Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Yowell's Roofing Co.
Start: 10/20/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171010102 · 10/20/2017 · Yowell's Roofing Co.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Yowell's Roofing Co.
Location: 1635 N. Dale Mabry Hwy Suite 15, LUTZ, FLORIDA, 33548
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on a step ladder working on a soffit and fascia when he fell off the step ladder and landed on a sprinkler head. The sprinkler head punctured his intestines and stomach.

Source

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