Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at MENARD, INC.
Start: 7/5/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019076767 · 7/5/2019 · MENARD, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Staples
Secondary source: Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic

Employer

Name: MENARD, INC.
Location: Truss Plant, Building 5, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
NAICS: 444110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic staple gun to secure components of a wooden truss together. The gun shot a staple into the knuckle of the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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