Incident date: 2015-03-05
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was performing carpentry work using a nail gun to nail bracing for a new residential dwelling's soffits. He was descending the ladder when the nail gun bumped the ladder and discharged a nail into his kneecap.

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: Knee(s)
severity: moderate