Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

An employee was moving wooden pallets onto the floor in a dry shipping dock. As he pushed a pallet, a wood splinter punctured his right hand.

An employee was building pallets, nailing the boards together with a pneumatic nail gun. The gun fired a nail into his left leg above the knee.

An employee was using a nail gun and injected a nail into his wrist.

An employee was using a nail gun to secure a board. A nail shot into the palm of the employee’s left hand.

An employee was descending from an electric pole when he stepped into 6-foot tall weeds and fell backward, impaling his left buttock on a metal fence T-post that was covered by the weeds. He was hospitalized.

An employee was standing on a piece of plastic that was on top of a piece of metal while a second employee was drilling up through the metal. The drill bit then punctured the first employee’s right foot.

An employee used an air powered grease gun to grease a skid steer following track repairs. As he was rolling up the grease gun and hose, the trigger was pulled and grease injected into the palm of his left hand, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was unhooking a tractor trailer in a parking lot. The employee fell and was impaled by a piece of rebar. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was being trained on a wood chipper machine when a second employee switched the machine on. A piece of the blade that was attached to the blade assembly blew off and punctured the employee’s right forearm.

An employee was standing in the store when a customer stabbed him in the back with a crowbar.