Incident date: 2021-03-12
NAICS industry code: 238350

Two employees collided while one of them was climbing down a ladder carrying a nail gun. The gun discharged, firing a wire nail fastener into the other employee's head. That employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate