Incident date: 2018-07-26
NAICS industry code: 541940

An employee was drawing meloxicam out of a bottle and poked her thumb with the needle. The employee woke up the next day and her hand was swollen. She was hospitalized for infection and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance
code_source: title: Needles, syringes
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate