Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Rice & Rice Inc
Start: 9/21/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021098106 · 9/21/2021 · Rice & Rice Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
Source: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Rice & Rice Inc
Location: 8150 Rice Lane, FOUNTAIN, COLORADO, 80817
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a construction vehicle to push a scraper in front of him to align it. He engaged his push block, and it went over the push bumper. When the scraper came off, the force thrashed him around inside his cab. The control arm/joystick punctured his abdomen.

Source

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