Incident date: 2024-01-30
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was building walls for mobile home manufacturing using a 2 1/2 inch staple gun when the gun activated and a staple lodged into their right kneecap.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate