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York College of Pennsylvania

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — YORK, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at York College of Pennsylvania in YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer York College of Pennsylvania Report ID 2015020220
Address 441 Country Club Road City, State ZIP YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17403
Event Date February 12, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 611310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.94000, -76.72000

Incident Narrative

Employee suffered a puncture to his right ring finger from a thorn on a tree he was cutting down. The injury later resulted in the employee's hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On February 12, 2015, a worker at York College of Pennsylvania in YORK, PENNSYLVANIA suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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