Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation
Start: 4/21/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023043584 · 4/21/2023 · Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), n.e.c.
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: Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation
Location: 352 East Erie Street, JEFFERSON, OHIO, 44047
NAICS: 332322
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was building a wooden pallet using a pneumatic nail gun. When he activated the nail gun, the nail exited through the corner edge of the board and punctured his hand, going through the fifth metacarpal bone.

Source

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