Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at GOJO Industries, Inc.
Start: 7/27/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023076783 · 7/27/2023 · GOJO Industries, Inc.

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: Pressurized air-blast
Secondary source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: GOJO Industries, Inc.
Location: 1147 Akron Road, WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
NAICS: 325611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on a production line when her left hand contacted the open end of a brass air line. The employee sustained a puncture wound to her left ring finger and compressed air entered her finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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