Incident date: 2022-12-08
NAICS industry code: 115310

An employee was inside a ditch while pull-starting a gas-powered water pump with their left hand. As the employee pulled the handle, their hand was punctured by a stick protruding from the bank of the ditch, resulting in a wound that subsequently became infected and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate