Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Loren Cook Company
Start: 12/18/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181212953 · 12/18/2018 · Loren Cook Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s) and leg(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: Loren Cook Company
Location: 2015 Dale St, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
NAICS: 333412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was building a wooden crate around an industrial fan for shipment. The employee's material slipped and as he tried to catch a board a staple was shot into his right knee cap and femur. The staple need to be surgically removed.

Source

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