Incident date: 2017-08-10
NAICS industry code: 112390

An employee was holding a pullet while a coworker performed a vaccination when the employee was accidentally stuck in the right index finger behind the first knuckle with a quarter-inch, 18-gauge needle that was being used to administer the vaccine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance
code_source: title: Needles, syringes
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate