Incident date: 2015-11-19
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee suffered a puncture wound on his left hand when attempting to retrieve uprights from an elevator shaft that had taken on water. The wound became infected and the employee was admitted to the hospital for treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate