Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Reach Wire Line LLC, Murphy Jobsite, PEARSALL, TEXAS 78061
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning subs (wireline parts) by hand in the parts washer using a wire brush when a small sliver of metal punctured his left index finger. The employee was later hospitalized with an infection and required surgery.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedMachine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
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