Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Pleiger Plastics Company
Start: 11/2/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021119485 · 11/2/2021 · Pleiger Plastics Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Casting machinery

Employer

Name: Pleiger Plastics Company
Location: 498 Crile Road, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15301
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a sheet casting machine when he slipped and fell into the machine. As the employee was thrown out of the machine, he hit his knee on the machine frame, causing a puncture wound.

Source

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