UNION, MISSISSIPPI—
Peco Farms, LLC
Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
Final narrative
An employee was holding a pullet while a coworker performed a vaccination when the employee was accidentally stuck in the right index finger behind the first knuckle with a quarter-inch, 18-gauge needle that was being used to administer the vaccine.
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