Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at High Tech Granite Incorporated
Start: 8/5/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088004 · 8/5/2019 · High Tech Granite Incorporated

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Chips, particles, splinters, unspecified
Secondary source: Boring, routing, notching machines

Employer

Name: High Tech Granite Incorporated
Location: 3809 E CR-542, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33801
NAICS: 327122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a router with a diamond bit to cut a granite slab. While the tool was running, the diamond outer shell broke and a piece of the broken router bit struck another employee in the eye.

Source

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