Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Defense Logistics Agency, Distribution Anniston
Start: 8/28/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088915 · 8/28/2018 · Defense Logistics Agency, Distribution Anniston

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Cheek(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered

Employer

Name: Defense Logistics Agency, Distribution Anniston
Location: 7 Frankford Ave., ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36201
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was opening a wooden crate with a rubber-handled claw hammer when his hands slipped off the hammer handle and the rubber end of the hammer struck his face. He suffered a left cheek laceration.

Source

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