Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Westfield Group
Start: 4/26/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021043432 · 4/26/2021 · Westfield Group

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 against object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified

Employer

Name: Westfield Group
Location: One Park Circle, WESTFIELD CENTER, OHIO, 44251
NAICS: 523930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working inside a fan housing. The employee's right index finger brushed against a metal burr, and he got a metal sliver in the finger. The wound became infected and the employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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