Incident date: 2024-07-23
NAICS industry code: 238350

An employee was repairing cabinets in a residential new construction home. The employee was re-nailing two pieces of cabinet crown molding together when his hand holding the nail gun slipped and a nail discharged into the carpal bone that connects to his index finger. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to remove the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, spikes
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate