Incident date: 2019-07-05
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was using a pneumatic staple gun to secure components of a wooden truss together. The gun shot a staple into the knuckle of the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate