Incident date: 2016-01-04
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee delivered plywood to a project site and was walking away on the opposite side of panels boards being installed when he fell to the ground unresponsive. He was hospitalized with external and internal head trauma from a bullet-nail, which pierced his skull and was embedded in his head. A ricochet may have occurred through the panel boards being installed, causing the nail to strike the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate