Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Premier Building Products
Start: 9/30/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020099277 · 9/30/2020 · Premier Building Products

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Staples
Secondary source: Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic

Employer

Name: Premier Building Products
Location: 20300 West 207th St., SPRING HILL, KANSAS, 66083
NAICS: 444190
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assembling truss components with a pneumatic stapler. He was moving the stapler across the truss pieces when he crossed his foot and activated the stapler. The staple went through his leather work boot into the joint of his big toe.

Source

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