Incident date: 2023-04-20
NAICS industry code: 321912

On April 20, 2023, an employee was using an electric-powered nail gun to build wooden pallets when his left ring finger was punctured by a nail. The employee 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate