Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Muncy Homes Incorporated
Start: 11/13/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201110779 · 11/13/2020 · Muncy Homes Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thigh(s)
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: Muncy Homes Incorporated
Location: 1567 ROUTE 442, MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17756
NAICS: 321992
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employee was working with a 3.5-inch air nail gun to assemble wooden trusses on the production line at a modular home manufacturing plant. As he tried to free a stuck air line running to the gun, the hose cam loose. The gun swung into his leg and fired a nail into the leg above the knee.

Source

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