Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110289.015 - Employee Sustains Infection Following Needle Jab

Accident Summary Nr: 110289.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 06/21/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1354997.015	10/23/2018		112330	Forrest Farms, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on June 21, 2018, an employee was working at a turkey farm. He and a coworker were vaccinating turkeys. The employee was holding a turkey. As his coworker moved to inject the turkey that the employee was holding, the turkey moved. The employee was struck by the vaccinating needle in his finger. After leaving work, he sought medical attention later that evening. He was hospitalized with an infection.

Keywords: animal, animal handler, infection, injected, injection, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1354997.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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