Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Woodcraft - Division of Quanex Building Products
Start: 3/21/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032527 · 3/21/2022 · Woodcraft - Division of Quanex Building Products

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
Source: Wood, lumber, unspecified

Employer

Name: Woodcraft - Division of Quanex Building Products
Location: 62 Brush Run Road, GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16125
NAICS: 321912
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was handling a board when a 1-inch sliver of wood punctured his protective glove and embedded itself in the webbing of skin between his left index finger and thumb. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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