Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Woolf Distributing Company*
Start: 10/3/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010246 · 10/3/2018 · Woolf Distributing Company*

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Injured by physical contact during horseplay
Source: Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
Secondary source: Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic

Employer

Name: Woolf Distributing Company*
Location: 1625 W. Lake Shore Drive, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS, 60098
NAICS: 423330
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were engaged in horseplay with an industrial staple gun when the gun fired, impaling an employee on the right side of the abdomen. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Source

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