Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at WMT Housing, LLC
Start: 1/30/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010916 · 1/30/2024 · WMT Housing, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
Secondary source: Nailing or stapling tools

Employer

Name: WMT Housing, LLC
Location: 3100 Georgia Highway 268 West, BROXTON, GEORGIA, 31519
NAICS: 321991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was building walls for mobile home manufacturing using a 2 1/2 inch staple gun when the gun activated and a staple lodged into their right kneecap.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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