Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Summerford Pallet Company
Start: 7/23/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020076949 · 7/23/2020 · Summerford Pallet Company

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: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary source: Nail guns-powered

Employer

Name: Summerford Pallet Company
Location: 353 Ashford Industrial Drive, ASHFORD, ALABAMA, 36312
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing pallets using a hammer, a pallet disassembly pry bar, and a pneumatic coil nailer. While he was placing a new board on a broken pallet, the coil nailer nailed his left middle finger to the board. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Source

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