Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Culligan International
Start: 4/1/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022042921 · 4/1/2022 · Culligan International

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(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: Culligan International
Location: 1500 Harris Road, LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60048
NAICS: 423720
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee became tangled in an air hose. He was using his pneumatic staple gun to move the hose when the gun shot a staple into his right ankle. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Source

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