Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
Start: 11/2/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181111315 · 11/2/2018 · Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Staples
Secondary source: Striking and nailing handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc.
Location: 2655 Molly Pitcher Highway South, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17202
NAICS: 327390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was building wooden forms using a staple gun. The gun shot a staple into the back of his left hand. He was hospitalized for surgery to remove the staple.

Source

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