Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at WMT Housing, LLC
Start: 9/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018099585 · 9/17/2018 · WMT Housing, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(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: WMT Housing, LLC
Location: 57 Sue McCranie Street South, WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA, 31650
NAICS: 321991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic staple gun when the employee's knee bumped the staple gun, causing it to fire a 2-inch staple into the employee's right knee.

Source

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