Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America
Start: 7/13/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018077046 · 7/13/2018 · Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary source: Nail guns-powered

Employer

Name: Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America
Location: 2121 West Sam Houston Parkway North, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77043
NAICS: 333924
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to secure dunnage in a trailer using a pneumatic nail gun. He was in the process of standing up from a kneeling position when the gun's trigger was caught in his work boots. The tongue of the boots depressed the trigger, causing it to fire a nail into his right lower leg.

Source

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