Incident date: 2015-01-09
NAICS industry code: 336510

On or about January 9, 2015, an employee incurred a puncture wound to his left hand when he was enlarging a hole in a can with a "tapper" hand tool.  The tapper, which he held in his right hand, went through the can into his left hand. The injury resulted in an infection, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate