Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at PECO Pallet
Start: 8/6/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020087449 · 8/6/2020 · PECO Pallet

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, 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: PECO Pallet
Location: Northern Industrial Park Building 10, GUILDERLAND, NEW YORK, 12084
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was at a repair station, filling lumber on the bottom shelf of a lumber rack. Another employee placed a nail gun on the bottom shelf of a nearby table, and the gun fired a nail into the first employee's upper back on the left side.

Source

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