Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Berry Companies Inc.
Start: 3/11/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020032322 · 3/11/2020 · Berry Companies 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: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Berry Companies Inc.
Location: 3695 Green Valley Parkway, MANHATTAN, KANSAS, 66502
NAICS: 561110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing and repairing a hydraulic lift cylinder on a piece of equipment. The employee loosened a connection and pressurized hydraulic fluid burst out, hitting the employee's hand. Hydraulic fluid penetrated into the skin tissue and muscle of the thumb on the palm side of the hand.

Source

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