Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at HM Richards Furniture
Start: 11/7/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022119803 · 11/7/2022 · HM Richards Furniture

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
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: HM Richards Furniture
Location: 120 H.M. Richards Way, GUNTOWN, MISSISSIPPI, 38849
NAICS: 337121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A employee was building wood furniture frames when their pneumatic staple gun shot twice and the employee was struck with a staple that was 1.5 inches long. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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