Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Andersen Logistic
Start: 9/16/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099660 · 9/16/2019 · Andersen Logistic

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
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: Andersen Logistic
Location: 7550 Wood Rd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30314
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting a wood crate together with a pneumatic stapler. The staple gun came into contact with his thigh and went off, embedding a 2-inch staple in his leg between the knee and the thigh.

Source

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