Multiple types of open wounds

An employee was sand blasting a tank and was struck in the right arm by the air and sand (125 psi) which penetrated and lacerated their arm.

An employee was cutting the straps off of a bundle of wood in the lumber drive-thru when the knife went through a strap and caused a laceration and puncture to his left wrist.

Two machine operators were clearing a jam in a feeder machine. When the jam was removed the lever that drops the feeder chains was activated and the feeder chains dropped on the injured employee’s left hand. The injured employee sustained deep puncture/lacerations and a compression injury to the left hand.

An employee was operating a punch press when a piston came loose, striking the employee in the abdomen. The employee suffered a laceration/puncture injury.

An employee was feeding a military dog. The employee approached the kennel, placed the pan on the floor, and unlatched the gate to allow the military dog to come out to eat. Before the employee could get the gate closed, the military dog bypassed the gate and bit the employee on the left side of […]

An employee was loading a large valve onto a forklift. As the forklift lifted the valve, it tipped over and struck the employee, lacerating and puncturing the right leg.

An employee was performing pest control services at a customer’s house and was bitten on the right hand by the owner’s dog.

On February 2, 2017, at about 5:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to euthanize a possum when it bit the employee’s right hand and scratched the employee’s right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was blasting angles inside the cargo tank on the upper level of a scaffold. A 6-inch pipe approximately 24 inches above the scaffold deck was running horizontally behind him. During the process, he stepped backwards, lost his balance and fell backwards over the pipe as pressure remained on the hose. His legs went […]