Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221442536

UFP BLANCHESTER, LLC.

Event
Assembling, Compressed Air, Cut, Laceration, Nail, Nail gun, Pallet, Puncture, Struck By, Wrist
NAICS
321920
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345815658
Employer profile
UFP BLANCHESTER, LLC.
Summary number
221442536
Report ID
0522000

Event description

Employee punctures wrist while using nail gun

Investigation abstract

At 09:00 p.m. on February 22, 2022, an employee was assembling wooden pallets with compressed air-powered nail gun holding 2-inch nails. The employee inadvertently imbedded a nail in his left wrist and was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    785

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