Incident date: 2024-08-23
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was walking on the roof of an under-construction manufactured home, putting up rafters. The employee was using a pneumatic nail gun when a nail shot into his ankle. The employee was hospitalized with puncture wounds and a compound fracture to his ankle. Surgery was required to remove the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate