Incident date: 2024-03-05
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee was stapling truss lumber joints together when a staple was shot from their staple gun into their left knee, resulting in a puncture wound. The employee was hospitalized to have the staple removed from his knee joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Staples
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate