Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at WMT Housing, LLC
Start: 8/27/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025088537 · 8/27/2025 · WMT Housing, LLC

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 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 going between a ladder and a wall to repair a wall in the utility room. A brad-nailing gun was hanging on a piece of wood on the side of the ladder. The employee contacted the brad nailer and the trigger was pushed into the wooden piece. The brad-nailing gun actuated and shot a 2-inch brad into the employee's abdomen.

Source

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