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Open wounds, unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2020043967 · 4/30/2020 · G.H.C. REID & COMPANY, LTD

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple face locations
Nature of injury
Open wounds, unspecified

Cause

Event
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source
Hand grinders-powered

Employer

Name
G.H.C. REID & COMPANY, LTD
Location
TAFUNA INDUSTRIAL PARK, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
NAICS
424810
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cutting metal with a small handheld grinder when his hands flinched, which caused the tool to come toward his face. The rotating disk severed the left side of his lip and his face below the eye. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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