Incident date: 2022-03-21
NAICS industry code: 321912

An employee was handling a board when a 1-inch sliver of wood punctured his protective glove and embedded itself in the webbing of skin between his left index finger and thumb. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Wood, lumber, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate