Incident date: 2017-06-03
NAICS industry code: 711110

On June 3, 2017, an employee was kneeling and using a pneumatic staple gun to secure corners of a prop frame. The employee fired a staple into the wood and it kicked back, causing a second staple to eject from the gun and impale her knee. She was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Staples
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate