Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Tyson Foods
Start: 3/7/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020032207 · 3/7/2020 · Tyson Foods

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods
Location: 4700 U.S. Hwy 75 South, SHERMAN, TEXAS, 75090
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just finished unloading a pallet of product. The employee picked up the empty wood pallet to place it on top of the stack of empties and got a splinter in their right hand. The next day, the employee was hospitalized due to an infection in the hand.

Source

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