Incident date: 2023-04-21
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was building a wooden pallet using a pneumatic nail gun. When he activated the nail gun, the nail exited through the corner edge of the board and punctured his hand, going through the fifth metacarpal bone.

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), n.e.c.
severity: moderate