SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY·2017-12-29

Atlantic Health System

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Atlantic Health System, 99 Beauvoir Ave, SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY 07901 on 2017-12-29, Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the forearm(s).

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Final narrative

An employee was using an industrial-size table saw to cut a piece of recycled wood when the saw hit a nail in the wood and propelled the nail into the employee's forearm. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hospitalized Forearm(s) Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers

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