Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Champion Home Builders
Start: 2/25/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021021749 · 2/25/2021 · Champion Home Builders

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: Champion Home Builders
Location: 350 Shapkoff Industrial Park Blvd, LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71446
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing/unjamming a pneumatic nail gun. The gun activated and drove a nail into the employee's left index finger; she was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

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