Incident date: 2023-09-18
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was using a nail gun when a nail ricocheted back, striking the employee in the neck. The employee 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: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate