Incident date: 2018-12-18
NAICS industry code: 333412

An employee was building a wooden crate around an industrial fan for shipment. The employee's material slipped and as he tried to catch a board a staple was shot into his right knee cap and femur. The staple need to be surgically removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Staples
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate