Incident date: 2020-01-07
NAICS industry code: 423860

An employee was assembling a wood crate using a pneumatic staple gun when the staple gun's safety mechanism pressed against the employee's thumb while he simultaneously depressed the trigger. The staple released into his thumb and he required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Staples
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate