Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Manufactured Housing Enterprises Inc.
Start: 8/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088483 · 8/17/2018 · Manufactured Housing Enterprises Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Staples
Secondary source: Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic

Employer

Name: Manufactured Housing Enterprises Inc.
Location: 09302 Us Highway 6, BRYAN, OHIO, 43506
NAICS: 321991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On August 17, 2018, an employee was stepping over a rafter while holding a pneumatic staple gun when the gun hit the employee's right ankle and shot a staple into it. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

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