Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

A worker was pressure washing concrete slab. The hose became kinked. During the process of un-kinking the hose the spray wand slipped and made contact with the worker’s hand just enough to actuate the water spray. The nozzle which was very close to the worker’s right leg sprayed high-pressure water into the worker’s calf. The […]

An employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand while cleaning out the warehouse on 1/15/2016. The wound became infected and the employee was later admitted to the hospital.

An employee delivered plywood to a project site and was walking away on the opposite side of panels boards being installed when he fell to the ground unresponsive. He was hospitalized with external and internal head trauma from a bullet-nail, which pierced his skull and was embedded in his head. A ricochet may have occurred […]

An employee using a grease gun was injured when the hose of the gun ruptured and shot grease into his skin.

An employee accidentally shot himself in the right thigh with a pneumatic nail gun and was hospitalized.

An employee was bitten on the right hand by a dog while delivering mail.

The employee was preparing to operate the water stripper gun to perform a quick test prior to beginning work. During the test, a particle lodged in one of the newly installed jewel tip nozzles of the whip hose causing a sudden surge in pressure. This resulted in a failure of the whip hose (the pressure […]

Employees were using a Hydrovac to find an underground line. The Hydrovac has a nozzle to shoot high pressure water and suck up water and mud. One employee works the vacuum hose and another works the water nozzle. The employee working the vacuum hose saw a rock that he didn’t think would go up the […]

An employee was removing a sheet of veneer from the top deck of the dry out-feed conveyor when a second sheet of veneer fell and lodged in the employee’s right forearm.

An employee was working on the dry grocery side of the warehouse. The employee came around the corner while riding a stand up forklift and ran into the forks of another forklift. A fork from the forklift punctured his foot.