Incident date: 2023-09-07
NAICS industry code: 321214

An employee had been nailing roof trusses with a nail gun. He was walking when his right foot came up and hit the tip of the nail gun, causing it to shoot a nail into the back of his foot. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate