Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Reeds Ferry Small Buildings, Inc., 332 Revere Street, WINTHROP, MASSACHUSETTS 02152
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was nailing together the floor of a shed when the nail gun shot a nail into the side of his right knee. The employee required surgery.
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An employee was sitting at her workstation when a nail gun malfunctioned and shot a nail into her left leg. She suffered a puncture and blood vessel injury and was hospitalized.
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The injured employee was inside a scissor lift. The scissor lift operator turned the lift to the left and crushed the injured employee's right hand between the wall and the lift. The injured employee sustained a right hand fracture.
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