Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Holweger Construction, LLC, 3011 South 17th Street, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58201
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was struck in the face by a nail from a second employee's nail gun and admitted to the emergency room. The second employee shot himself in the stomach with the nail gun and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersNails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
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