Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Wilsons Enterprises
Start: 7/19/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019077360 · 7/19/2019 · Wilsons Enterprises

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Trenchers
Secondary source: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)

Employer

Name: Wilsons Enterprises
Location: 900 Buckeye Park Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
NAICS: 238190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was running a trencher in a yard. The trencher hit a 10-foot rod that had been covered with dirt, and the rod flipped into the employee's back thigh and caused a puncture wound above the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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