Incident date: 2025-06-12
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was stepping over insulation while holding a staple gun when the gun fired a staple into their left thigh. The staple became embedded in their bone, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Staples
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate