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Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
1 hospitalization · 20191010976 · 10/21/2019 · Lauring Construction Co., Inc.
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
- Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
- Secondary source
- Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
Employer
- Name
- Lauring Construction Co., Inc.
- Location
- Assumption College, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01609
- NAICS
- 236220
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was pulling a nail out of a board with a claw hammer when it flew into his right eye, impaling it and requiring surgery.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown