Incident date: 2021-02-24
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was working in the finished crating area, using a nail gun to build a wooden crate in order to ship finished product. The nail gun activated, discharging a nail into his calf that had to be removed surgically.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate