Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

An employee was using a knife to cut chicken when the knife punctured his right upper abdomen.

An employee was using a sledgehammer to remove a bearing from a completed wheel set. A piece of metal broke off the sledgehammer and penetrated the employee’s bicep.

An employee was checking for an air leak under a pump control stand. A pinhole leak in a hydraulic line caused hydraulic fluid to be injected into the employee’s right index finger near the tip.

An employee was walking across a crosswalk in a breast deboning department with a knife in his hand. He lost his balance and the knife punctured his chest and lung.

An employee was performing maintenance on a backhoe, removing a hydraulic hose. The right valve released hydraulic fluid under pressure. His hand was scraped, and an amount of hydraulic fluid got under his skin.

A nail gun shot a nail into an employee’s right knee.

Wear plates for a mixer were being manufactured. The bit that was used to punch holes shattered and a fragment of it lodged in an employee’s neck.

An employee was cutting brush and trees. He stepped onto a tree stump, slipped and landed on a branch or small tree that caused a puncture wound requiring hospitalization.

An employee was cleaning a pipe when a 14,000 psi hydro-blasting hose exited the pipe and struck his left buttocks area, causing a high-pressure puncture wound.

An employee was bitten by a cat on December 9, 2018, while cleaning out the adoption kennel. The next day, the employee noticed red marks on his arm and was hospitalized for a bacterial infection.