Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

An employee was shaking vines out of a harvester when he was bitten by a snake on the hand, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was installing recessed lights. A spring struck and punctured his eye.

An employee was using a wire-end brush attachment in a pneumatic die grinder to clean debris out of a casting mold. The employee stepped down from a 6-inch raised platform, then felt severe pain in his left knee as soon as it was bearing weight. A 1-inch-long, 0.0104-inch-thick steel wire from the brush had penetrated […]

An employee was washing down a press with a high-pressure water machine when he dropped the wand and high-pressure water injected into his left arm just above the elbow. He was hospitalized.

An employee was putting on a work boot when a fiberglass splinter punctured the bottom of the employee’s left foot. The employee was hospitalized for an infection.

An employee was deboning breast meat. The knife fell. As the employee retrieved it, it stabbed him in the pelvic region. He was hospitalized.

During their work shift, three employees were involved in horseplay that progressed into an altercation. One employee threw a pair of scissors at another employee, puncturing his arm and causing vascular and muscular damage. The injured employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

An employee was using a high-pressure washer to clean an aircraft when his left foot was sprayed with the water, causing a puncture wound.

An employee was pulling tubing at a well site when an object fell off the derrick and punctured the employee’s leg.

An employee was bitten by a spider while driving a vehicle, requiring hospitalization for an infection.