Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Pro Con Homes, Inc
Start: 6/20/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019066214 · 6/20/2019 · Pro Con Homes, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Mouth, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary source: Nail guns-powered

Employer

Name: Pro Con Homes, Inc
Location: 139 East Warm Springs, BOISE, IDAHO, 83714
NAICS: 238130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a nail gun when a nail ricocheted off another nail and impaled the employee through the tongue and into the roof of the mouth. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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