Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.
Start: 1/7/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010182 · 1/7/2020 · Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, 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: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Staples
Secondary source: Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic

Employer

Name: Kellstrom Defense Aerospace, Inc.
Location: 15501 SW 29th Street Suite 101, MIRAMAR, FLORIDA, 33027
NAICS: 423860
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assembling a wood crate using a pneumatic staple gun when the staple gun's safety mechanism pressed against the employee's thumb while he simultaneously depressed the trigger. The staple released into his thumb and he required hospitalization.

Source

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