Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun, the nail ricocheted and struck the employee next to him in the throat. The employee sustained a puncture wound to the throat.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: External and internal neck locations
severity: moderate