Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at United Forest Products Company
Start: 10/9/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017109678 · 10/9/2017 · United Forest Products Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: United Forest Products Company
Location: 115 Milledgeville Road, EATONTON, GEORGIA, 31024
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stacking wood about 28 feet from a rip saw when a piece of wood was thrown from the rip saw and struck the employee in the back. The wood impaled his back and went through his stomach.

Source

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