Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at On Site Ag Services Inc.
Start: 7/15/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021075816 · 7/15/2021 · On Site Ag Services Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name: On Site Ag Services Inc.
Location: 3309 East 1st Street, LYONS, GEORGIA, 30436
NAICS: 115115
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was monitoring an automated onion bagging machine. The employee noticed a piece of scrap wood stuck in the staple machine. After he removed it, the machine cycled and a staple went through his left middle fingertip. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

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