Incident date: 2016-12-14
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee was nailing wooden boards against the rafters in an attic with an air-actuated framing nail gun when the recoil caused the gun to kick back. The gun hit the rafter behind him and then struck and penetrated the top of his left hand. The gun was in contact actuation mode at the time of the incident.

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: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate