Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at CMH Manufacturing Inc.
Start: 2/20/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024021594 · 2/20/2024 · CMH Manufacturing Inc.

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: Staples
Secondary source: Nailing or stapling tools

Employer

Name: CMH Manufacturing Inc.
Location: 3350 Industrial Blvd., WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, 31503
NAICS: 321991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stapling oriented strand board (OSB) onto a wall with a pneumatic staple gun when a 2-inch staple punctured his left knee. The employee required hospitalization and surgery to remove the staple.

Source

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