Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Reliable Products, Inc.
Start: 10/14/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191010732 · 10/14/2019 · Reliable Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
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: Reliable Products, Inc.
Location: 1300 Enterprise Rd., GENEVA, ALABAMA, 36340
NAICS: 332323
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a CNC router machine and was drilling holes into a metal part that was loaded into the router. The tool bit in the router machine broke and particles punctured his abdominal area. The particles entered his body and had to be removed surgically.

Source

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