Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Jacobson & Company, Inc.
Start: 6/4/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019065634 · 6/4/2019 · Jacobson & Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Cutting handtools-power not determined, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Jacobson & Company, Inc.
Location: 1079 East Grand Street, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, 07207
NAICS: 238310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was confirming measurements on the fascia/soffits. While dismounting the ladder, he lost balance, caught his foot on the front rail of the ladder, and fell onto metal cutting shears that impaled his right side. He suffered injury to his kidney, liver and colon.

Source

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