Incident date: 2015-11-27
NAICS industry code: 623312

An employee bent down to check an in-ground water meter when something punctured his knee. He kept working and washed it off later. Over the ensuing weekend it became swollen with a red line down his leg. He was later admitted for an infection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate