Incident date: 2017-12-29
NAICS industry code: 423450

An employee was using an industrial-size table saw to cut a piece of recycled wood when the saw hit a nail in the wood and propelled the nail into the employee's forearm. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate