Incident date: 2019-11-14
NAICS industry code: 238160

On November 14, 2019, an employee was using a nail gun to conduct roofing activities when he put the nail gun down and went to get more shingles. When he picked up the nail gun, he accidentally hit the trigger and a nail shot into his leg. He was hospitalized with a puncture wound to his leg.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate