Incident date: 2017-05-10
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was nailing felt paper on a deck when the felt paper moved, causing him to lose balance while holding the nail gun in his right hand. A nail then ejected and punctured his left middle finger. He 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