Incident date: 2015-01-07
NAICS industry code: 331221

Employee was constructing a wooden pallet skid lift when the nail gun he was operating fired twice and injured his finger. The injury was underneath the employee's thumb. The employee was transported to the hospital, stayed overnight, and had surgery on his finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate