Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Emancipet Pflugerville Clinic
Start: 8/26/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020088127 · 8/26/2020 · Emancipet Pflugerville Clinic

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: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Needles, syringes
Secondary source: Dogs, canines-domestic

Employer

Name: Emancipet Pflugerville Clinic
Location: 15803 Windermere Drive #420, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660
NAICS: 621111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A veterinarian was drawing blood from a patient for a test when the dog pulled her arm and jerked it back. The needle went into the veterinarian's thumb about an inch. Her hand started swelling in the evening. She later went to the hospital for an infection.

Source

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