Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at UPS FREIGHT INC.
Start: 1/6/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010122 · 1/6/2020 · UPS FREIGHT INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified

Employer

Name: UPS FREIGHT INC.
Location: 8500 N. Hall St., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a hand tool to work on a Velcro strip for his truck when the tool punctured his right index finger and he fainted. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Source

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