Incident date: 2025-04-03
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was decking a home when a 2-inch roofing staple was discharged from a pneumatic staple gun into his right knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery to remove the staple.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Staples
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate