Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Forjak Industrial, Inc
Start: 2/27/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021988 · 2/27/2018 · Forjak Industrial, Inc

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Source, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Sandblasters-powered

Employer

Name: Forjak Industrial, Inc
Location: 10824 Parallel Parkway, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66109
NAICS: 236220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was dry blasting garnet media from a step ladder. As he went to step down a rung, he stepped on the hose, angled the blasting gun down toward his leg, and blasted his thigh. He suffered a right leg media intrusion and required hospitalization.

Source

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