Incident date: 2020-10-06
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was cleaning/servicing a powder-actuated tool. While the tool was disassembled and the piston was against the palm of his left hand, the trigger was actuated. The tool was loaded with boosters and projected the piston into the employee's left hand/wrist. The employee sustained a punctured left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Tool parts, accessories, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate