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Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
1 hospitalization · 2020032351 · 3/12/2020 · Perlick Corporation
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Knee(s)
- 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
- Perlick Corporation
- Location
- 8300 West Good Hope Road, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
- NAICS
- 333415
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a staple gun to secure cardboard to a shipping crate. The gun shot a 3/4-inch staple into his knee.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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