Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Research Foundation of SUNY
Start: 8/6/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088001 · 8/6/2018 · Research Foundation of SUNY

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by object breaking in hand
Source: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Research Foundation of SUNY
Location: 766 Irving Avenue, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13210
NAICS: 541712
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a microfluidizer when the beaker punctured his left palm and the liquid stream came in contact with his blood. He developed an infection and was hospitalized.

Source

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