Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Start: 6/10/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020065429 · 6/10/2020 · Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Source, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Sandblasters-powered

Employer

Name: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Location: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, KITTERY, MAINE, 03904
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While sandblasting, an employee lost his grip on the sand blasting nozzle. The nozzle recoiled back at the employee's leg and blast grit embedded into the skin on his leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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