Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Miller Electric Company
Start: 5/24/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019055281 · 5/24/2019 · Miller Electric Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Handtools-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Miller Electric Company
Location: 2000 W NASA Blvd., MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32901
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was disassembling a powered actuated tool that was jammed. As he attempted to put the barrel back on the device, it was actuated and the ram rod impaled his right hand.

Source

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