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Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
1 hospitalization · 2019044245 · 4/26/2019 · Republic Services
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Eye(s)
- Nature of injury
- Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
Cause
- Event
- Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- Source
- Wrenches-nonpowered
Employer
- Name
- Republic Services
- Location
- 3145 Mount Pleasant St., NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20010
- NAICS
- 562111
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was trying to free a stuck enclosure gate using a wrench and the wrench struck his left eye, rupturing it.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown