Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Trumpf Inc
Start: 8/10/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021086735 · 8/10/2021 · Trumpf Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Trumpf Inc
Location: 1 Innovation Drive, DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, 60016
NAICS: 333517
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A Trumpf Inc. employee was uncrating and unpacking a piece of equipment. As the employee used his pocket knife to cut off zip ties on the equipment, the knife slipped and the blade cut into his right forearm and hit an artery. He was hospitalized.

Source

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