Incident date: 2016-04-14
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee had just completed nailing a pallet with a nail gun. The employee's finger was on the trigger as the nail gun was set down. The nail gun brushed the employee's upper leg and went off. The nail punctured the employee's right kneecap.

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: Knee(s)
severity: moderate