Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at V.E. Whitehurst and Sons, Inc.
Start: 2/14/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024021396 · 2/14/2024 · V.E. Whitehurst and Sons, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source: Chips, pellets metal
Secondary source: Backhoes, trackhoes

Employer

Name: V.E. Whitehurst and Sons, Inc.
Location: 20551 NE 75th St., WILLISTON, FLORIDA, 32696
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing teeth from a trackhoe bucket with a hammer. A piece of a tooth sheared off and punctured his stomach. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery to remove the piece.

Source

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