Incident date: 2018-05-04
NAICS industry code: 541320

On May 4, 2018, an employee was removing timber from a patio when a rusty nail punctured the employee's hand, resulting in an infection that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate