Incident date: 2022-08-26
NAICS industry code: 541720

An employee was performing a heart stick/blood draw on an animal before euthanasia, using an 18 gauge needle with syringe. The infected needle came out of the animal and stuck the employee on his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury
code_source: title: Viruses
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate