Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at ECOLAB INC
Start: 11/15/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221110064 · 11/15/2022 · ECOLAB INC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
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: ECOLAB INC
Location: 1857 State Highway 6, ELDORADO, OKLAHOMA, 73537
NAICS: 424690
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping to seal a grain storage bunker to prepare for fumigation. He was using a battery powered nail gun to fasten plastic sheeting on the side of the bunker when the nail gun misfired and a nail struck the employee in the left side of the chest, resulting in a puncture wound.

Source

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