Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at 48Forty Solutions, LLC
Start: 8/8/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022086999 · 8/8/2022 · 48Forty Solutions, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary source: Nail guns-powered

Employer

Name: 48Forty Solutions, LLC
Location: 1555 Melbourne Ave, HAINES CITY, FLORIDA, 33844
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and a co-worker were repairing a pallet, with the co-worker holding the repair parts and the employee using a pneumatic nail gun to nail the parts together. The co-worker lost control of the repair parts and they struck the employee, causing the employee's left middle finger to become nailed to a board.

Source

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