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Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
1 hospitalization · 2019032389 · 3/5/2019 · Knife River Corporation - South
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- Nature of injury
- Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
Cause
- Event
- Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- Source
- Metal chips, particles
- Secondary source
- Braces-nonpowered
Employer
- Name
- Knife River Corporation - South
- Location
- 2901 Marlin Hwy. 6, WACO, TEXAS, 76705
- NAICS
- 237310
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
Wear plates for a mixer were being manufactured. The bit that was used to punch holes shattered and a fragment of it lodged in an employee's neck.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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