Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Fluor Corp.
Start: 8/6/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088002 · 8/6/2018 · Fluor Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
Source: Bags, sacks
Secondary source: Animal carcass, roadkill

Employer

Name: Fluor Corp.
Location: Squaw Creek Park, GRANBURY, TEXAS, 76048
NAICS: 721211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A boat had capsized and 300 pounds of dead fish were on a shoreline. Employees were gathering the dead fish inside heavy-duty trash bags. A fish fin punctured through its bag while being carried by a coworker and struck the injured employee's leg. The employee's leg became swollen and the employee experienced a high temperature, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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