OSHA Injury Report: Johnson Controls

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

The employee was building the corner of a pallet for an order by themself with no one to help stabilize the boards.

What happened

The employee was building the corner of a pallet in the shipping department with a staple gun by themself. The employee fired a staple into the top of the free-standing wood board for the corner or the crate and the staple splintered out of the side of the board and punctured the base of their left index finger. The puncture was not reported to the supervisor at the time of the incident but only to a co worker who is not trained in first aid gave them a band aid and they continued to work the rest of the day. They came in the following morning with swelling and pain in the same area. The wound was treated in the first aid room with antiseptic spray and a new band aid. Later in the day the employee complained of pain and asked to be seen at the clinic. The clinic did an x ray that showed no broken bones or material in the finger but with the swelling and pain the employee was prescribed an antibiotic and given a splint to stabilize the finger to heal.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury Illness:: Puncture; Body Part(s):: Hand - Finger 1 Index(Left)

Object or substance involved

A discharged staple from a staple gun the splintered out of the side of the board and into their finger.

Summary line

Nature of Injury Illness:: Puncture; Cause of Injury Illness::Struck By Moving Object; Body Part(s):: Hand - Finger 1 Index(Left); Object Substance:: A discharged staple from a staple gun the splintered out of the side of the board and into their finger

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.