Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Jessup Manufactured Housing, LLC
Start: 8/20/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021087110 · 8/20/2021 · Jessup Manufactured Housing, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Staples
Secondary source: Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic

Employer

Name: Jessup Manufactured Housing, LLC
Location: 1001 W. Loop 340, WACO, TEXAS, 76712
NAICS: 321991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a jammed staple in a pneumatic staple gun. The staple gun fired a 2-inch staple into the employee's right thumb and palm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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