Incident date: 2022-07-26
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee used a syringe to administer a vaccine to a cow in its neck. Upon completion, he moved the syringe to his left hand in order to use his right hand to mark the cow with paint signifying it was vaccinated. He reached to paint the cow with his right hand and sustained a needlestick in the left thigh. The employee was hospitalized with swelling of the thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Needles, syringes
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate