Incident date: 2017-10-18
NAICS industry code: 326199

On 10/18/2017, at 8:33 AM, an employee was assembling a crate to ship a door. After placing door components in the crate, he used a nail gun to secure 2-inch by 4-inch wood bucks in place to prevent them from moving during shipment. After completing these tasks, he lifted his left leg to step over a door component. The nail gun tip then inadvertently contacted his left leg and fired, puncturing it 6 inches above the knee. He was hospitalized.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate