Incident date: 2024-06-06
NAICS industry code: 541715

On June 6, 2024, at 2:30 PM, an employee was working in a catfish pond helping to transfer the fish from a pond being drained to a new pond, when his foot contacted a catfish. The catfish responded by "finning" the employee, causing a puncture wound to the top of his left foot. He was hospitalized for an infection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Mauled, clawed, scratched by animal
code_source: title: Fish
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Foot (feet)  excluding toes
severity: moderate