Incident date: 2023-03-21
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was installing a roof when a nail gun fired a nail into his knee, behind the kneecap. 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: Knee(s)
severity: moderate