Incident date: 2025-08-27
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was going between a ladder and a wall to repair a wall in the utility room. A brad-nailing gun was hanging on a piece of wood on the side of the ladder. The employee contacted the brad nailer and the trigger was pushed into the wooden piece. The brad-nailing gun actuated and shot a 2-inch brad into the employee's abdomen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Abdomen  unspecified
severity: moderate