Incident date: 2020-01-06
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was using a hand tool to work on a Velcro strip for his truck when the tool punctured his right index finger and he fainted. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate