Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Atlantic Health System
Start: 12/29/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171212373 · 12/29/2017 · Atlantic Health System

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary source: Table saws

Employer

Name: Atlantic Health System
Location: 99 Beauvoir Ave, SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, 07901
NAICS: 423450
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an industrial-size table saw to cut a piece of recycled wood when the saw hit a nail in the wood and propelled the nail into the employee's forearm. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

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