Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Chain Electric Company, Incorporated
Start: 9/20/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018099774 · 9/20/2018 · Chain Electric Company, Incorporated

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level, unspecified
Source: Ground, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Fences, fence panels, gates, unspecified

Employer

Name: Chain Electric Company, Incorporated
Location: 1202 SW Melissa Dr, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72712
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was descending from an electric pole when he stepped into 6-foot tall weeds and fell backward, impaling his left buttock on a metal fence T-post that was covered by the weeds. He was hospitalized.

Source

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