Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Excel Modular Scaffold and Leasing Corporation
Start: 11/21/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191112092 · 11/21/2019 · Excel Modular Scaffold and Leasing Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, unspecified
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: Excel Modular Scaffold and Leasing Corporation
Location: 502 10th Street, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77590
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing boards from a scaffold. While the employee was pulling a nail from a board with a hammer, the nail flew off and struck the employee between his nose and right eye, becoming embedded in his skin. He was hospitalized.

Source

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