Incident date: 2018-11-27
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was climbing down a ladder with a nail gun. The gun fired a nail into the employee's chest, where it caused tissue damage but missed all vital organs. The nail was surgically removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate