Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Willow Creek Companies, LLC
Start: 9/4/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021097620 · 9/4/2021 · Willow Creek Companies, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slipping
Source: Ground, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Willow Creek Companies, LLC
Location: Halley Compressor Station, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were installing grounding tools as part of an addition to a compressor station. An employee was hammer-drilling a ground rod when the edge of a trench failed; the employee slipped, fell, and landed on the rod, which impaled his inner thigh.

Source

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